Acts 23:2 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

[Upon hearing this], the head priest Ananias ordered that those standing closest to Paul hit him on the mouth.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

At this the high priest Ananias ordered those who stood near him to strike him on the mouth.

American Standard Version (1901)

And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth.

Common English Bible

The high priest Ananias ordered those standing beside Paul to strike him in the mouth.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And the high priest, Ananias, instructed those who were standing nearby to strike him on the mouth.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to strike him on the mouth.

Acts 23:2 Cross References

Matthew 26:67

Then they spit in His face and hit Him [with their fists], while others slapped Him [in the face],

John 18:22

When Jesus said this, one of the guards standing there struck Him [in the face], saying, “Is that any way to talk to the head priest?”

John 18:23

Jesus answered him, “If I have said anything wrong, tell me what it was. But if [I spoke] properly, why did you hit me?”

Acts 24:1

Five days later the head priest, Ananias, came down [to Caesarea] with certain [Jewish] elders and an attorney [named] Tertullus, who brought their case against Paul before the governor.