Acts 23:2

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Then Ananias the high priest ordered the men standing beside Paul to hit him on the mouth.

Cross References

1 Kings 22:24

Zedekiah walked up to Micaiah and slapped him on the face. Then he asked, “Do you really think the LORD would speak to you and not to me?”

2 Chronicles 18:23

Zedekiah walked over and slapped Micaiah on the face. Then he asked, “Do you really think the LORD would speak to you and not to me?”

Job 16:10

Everyone is against me; they sneer and slap my face.

Jeremiah 20:2

and so he hit me. Then he had me arrested and put in chains at the Benjamin Gate in the LORD's temple.

Micah 5:1

Jerusalem, enemy troops have surrounded you; they have struck Israel's ruler in the face with a stick.

Matthew 26:67

Then they spat in his face and hit him with their fists. Others slapped him

John 18:22

As soon as Jesus said this, one of the temple police hit him and said, “That's no way to talk to the high priest!”

John 18:23

Jesus answered, “If I have done something wrong, say so. But if not, why did you hit me?”

Acts 24:1

Five days later Ananias the high priest, together with some of their leaders and a lawyer named Tertullus, went to the governor to present their case against Paul.