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

² [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

² And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² At this the high priest Ananias ordered those who stood near him to strike him on the mouth.

American Standard Version (1901)

² And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth.

Common English Bible

² The high priest Ananias ordered those standing beside Paul to strike him in the mouth.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² And the high priest, Ananias, instructed those who were standing nearby to strike him on the mouth.

Acts 23:2 Cross References

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?”

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.

Matthew 26:67

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

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?”