The high priestAnaniascommandedthosestanding besidehim to strikehim on the mouth.
When He had saidthis,oneof the officersstanding nearbystruckJesus,saying,"Is that the wayYou answerthe high priest?"
Afterfivedaysthe high priestAnaniascame downwith someelders,with an attorney[named] Tertullus,and they brought chargesto the governoragainstPaul.
"Nowmusteryourselves in troops,daughterof troops;They have laidsiegeagainstus; With a rodthey will smitethe judgeof Israelon the cheek.
Then Zedekiahthe sonof Chenaanahcamenearand struckMicaiahon the cheekand said,"Howdid the Spiritof the LORDpassfrom me to speakto you?"
Thenthey spatin His faceand beat Him with their fists;and othersslappedHim,
Pashhurhad Jeremiahthe prophetbeatenand puthim in the stocksthat were at the upperBenjaminGate,whichwas by the houseof the LORD.
"They have gapedat me with their mouth,They have slappedme on the cheekwith contempt;They have massedthemselves againstme.
Jesusansweredhim, "IfI have spokenwrongly,testifyof the wrong;but ifrightly,whydo you strikeMe?"
