Acts 23:2

The Passion Translation

At that moment, Ananias the high priest ordered those standing near Paul to strike him in the mouth.

Cross References

John 18:22

Just then one of the guards standing near Jesus punched him in the face with his fist and said, “How dare you answer the high priest like that!”

Acts 24:1

Five days later, Ananias the high priest arrived in Caesarea, accompanied by some Jewish elders and Tertullus, their prosecuting attorney. They were brought before the governor to present formal charges against Paul.

Matthew 26:67

Then they spat on his face and slapped him. Others struck him over and over with their fists.

Jeremiah 20:2

So he arrested Jeremiah, beat him, and put him in stocks at the upper Benjamin Gate of Yahweh’s temple.

John 18:23

Jesus replied, “If my words are evil, then prove it. But if I haven’t broken any laws, then why would you hit me?”