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.

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.