Acts 23:2

Good News Translation

The High Priest Ananias ordered those who were standing close to Paul to strike him on the mouth.

Cross References

1 Kings 22:24

Then the prophet Zedekiah went up to Micaiah, slapped his face, and asked, “Since when did the Lord's spirit leave me and speak to you?”

2 Chronicles 18:23

Then the prophet Zedekiah went up to Micaiah, slapped his face, and asked, “Since when did the Lord's spirit leave me and speak to you?”

Job 16:10

People sneer at me; they crowd around me and slap my face.

Jeremiah 20:2

he had me beaten and placed in chains near the upper Benjamin Gate in the Temple.

Micah 5:1

People of Jerusalem, gather your forces! We are besieged! They are attacking the leader of Israel!

Matthew 26:67

Then they spat in his face and beat him; and those who slapped him

John 18:22

When Jesus said this, one of the guards there slapped him and said, “How dare you talk like that to the High Priest!”

John 18:23

Jesus answered him, “If I have said anything wrong, tell everyone here what it was. But if I am right in what I have said, why do you hit me?”

Acts 24:1

Five days later the High Priest Ananias went to Caesarea with some elders and a lawyer named Tertullus. They appeared before Governor Felix and made their charges against Paul.