John 18:22 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²² When he had said this, one of the police standing nearby struck Jesus on the face, saying, “Is that how you answer the high priest?”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²² And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest thou the high priest so?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²² But when He said this, one of the attendants who stood by struck Jesus, saying, Is that how You answer the high priest?

American Standard Version (1901)

²² And when he had said this, one of the officers standing by struck Jesus with his hand, saying, Answerest thou the high priest so?

Common English Bible

²² After Jesus spoke, one of the guards standing there slapped Jesus in the face. “Is that how you would answer the high priest?” he asked.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²² Then, when he had said this, one the attendants standing nearby struck Jesus, saying: "Is this the way you answer the high priest?"

John 18:22 Cross References

John 19:3

They kept coming up to him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and striking him on the face.

Mark 14:65

Some began to spit on him, to blindfold him, and to strike him, saying to him, “Prophesy!” The guards also took him and beat him.

John 18:3

So Judas brought a detachment of soldiers together with police from the chief priests and the Pharisees, and they came there with lanterns and torches and weapons.

Micah 5:1

Now you are walled around with a wall; siege is laid against us; with a rod they strike the ruler of Israel upon the cheek.

Jeremiah 20:2

Then Pashhur struck the prophet Jeremiah and put him in the stocks that were in the upper Benjamin Gate of the house of the Lord.

Job 16:10

They have gaped at me with their mouths; they have struck me insolently on the cheek; they mass themselves together against me.

John 18:21

Why do you ask me? Ask those who heard what I said to them; they know what I said.”