Acts 23:2
New International Version
At this the high priest Ananias ordered those standing near Paul to strike him on the mouth.

New Living Translation
Instantly Ananias the high priest commanded those close to Paul to slap him on the mouth.

English Standard Version
And the high priest Ananias commanded those who stood by him to strike him on the mouth.

Berean Standard Bible
At this, the high priest Ananias ordered those standing near Paul to strike him on the mouth.

Berean Literal Bible
Then the high priest Ananias commanded those standing by him to strike his mouth.

King James Bible
And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth.

New King James Version
And the high priest Ananias commanded those who stood by him to strike him on the mouth.

New American Standard Bible
But the high priest Ananias commanded those standing beside him to strike him on the mouth.

NASB 1995
The high priest Ananias commanded those standing beside him to strike him on the mouth.

NASB 1977
And the high priest Ananias commanded those standing beside him to strike him on the mouth.

Legacy Standard Bible
And the high priest Ananias commanded those standing beside him to strike him on the mouth.

Amplified Bible
[At this] the high priest Ananias ordered those who stood beside him to strike Paul on the mouth.

Christian Standard Bible
The high priest Ananias ordered those who were standing next to him to strike him on the mouth.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But the high priest Ananias ordered those who were standing next to him to strike him on the mouth.

American Standard Version
And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And Khanan-Yah The Priest commanded those who stood on the side to hit Paulus on his mouth.

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

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to strike him on the mouth.

English Revised Version
And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The chief priest Ananias ordered the men standing near Paul to strike him on the mouth.

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

International Standard Version
Then the high priest Ananias ordered the men standing near him to strike him on the mouth.

Literal Standard Version
and the chief priest Ananias commanded those standing by him to strike him on the mouth,

Majority Standard Bible
At this, the high priest Ananias ordered those standing near Paul to strike him on the mouth.

New American Bible
The high priest Ananias ordered his attendants to strike his mouth.

NET Bible
At that the high priest Ananias ordered those standing near Paul to strike him on the mouth.

New Revised Standard Version
Then the high priest Ananias ordered those standing near him to strike him on the mouth.

New Heart English Bible
The high priest, Ananias, commanded those who stood by him to strike him on the mouth.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him, to strike him on the mouth.

Weymouth New Testament
On hearing this the High Priest Ananias ordered those who were standing near Paul to strike him on the mouth.

World English Bible
The high priest, Ananias, commanded those who stood by him to strike him on the mouth.

Young's Literal Translation
and the chief priest Ananias commanded those standing by him to smite him on the mouth,

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Audio Bible



Context
Paul Before the Sanhedrin
1Paul looked directly at the Sanhedrin and said, “Brothers, I have conducted myself before God in all good conscience to this day.” 2At this, the high priest Ananias ordered those standing near Paul to strike him on the mouth. 3Then Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! You sit here to judge me according to the law, yet you yourself violate the law by commanding that I be struck.”…

Cross References
1 Kings 22:24
Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah went up, struck Micaiah in the face, and demanded, "Which way did the Spirit of the LORD go when He departed from me to speak with you?"

2 Chronicles 18:23
Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah went up, struck Micaiah in the face, and demanded, "Which way did the Spirit of the LORD go when He departed from me to speak with you?"

Job 16:10
They open their mouths against me and strike my cheeks with contempt; they join together against me.

John 18:22
When Jesus had said this, one of the officers standing nearby slapped Him in the face and said, "Is this how You answer the high priest?"

John 18:23
Jesus replied, "If I said something wrong, testify as to what was wrong. But if I spoke correctly, why did you strike Me?"

Acts 24:1
Five days later the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and a lawyer named Tertullus, who presented to the governor their case against Paul.


Treasury of Scripture

And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth.

Ananias.

Acts 24:1
And after five days Ananias the high priest descended with the elders, and with a certain orator named Tertullus, who informed the governor against Paul.

to smite.

1 Kings 22:24
But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee?

Jeremiah 20:2
Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD.

Micah 5:1
Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.

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Acts 23
1. As Paul pleads his cause,
2. Ananias commands them to strike him.
7. Dissension among his accusers.
11. God encourages him.
14. The Jews' vow to kill Paul,
20. is declared unto the chief captain.
27. He sends him to Felix the governor.














(2) The high priest Ananias.--See Note on Acts 22:5. The son of Nebedaeus was conspicuous for his cruelty and injustice, and had been sent to Rome as a prisoner to take his trial before Claudius (A.D. 52). He had been acquitted, or at least released, and had returned to Judaea. To him this assertion of a life so utterly unlike his own seemed almost like a personal insult. He fitted the cap, and raged with a brutal cruelty which reminds us of Jeffreys' treatment of Baxter.

Verse 2. - Ananias, the son of Nebedaeus, successor of Joseph the son of Camel, or Camydus ('Ant. Jud.,' 20. 1:3; 5:2), appears to have been actually high priest at this time. He was a violent, haughty, gluttonous, and rapacious man, and vet looked up to by the Jews ("tres considere," Renan). He had probably lately returned from Rome, having been confirmed, as it seems, in his office by Claudius, to whom Quadratus, the predecessor of Felix, has sent him as a prisoner, to answer certain charges of sedition against him. He seems to have been high priest for the unusually long period of over ten years - from A.D. to A.D. (see Josephus, 'Ant. Jud.,' 20. 5:2; 6:2, 3; 8:8). But, on the other hand, Josephus ('Ant. Jud.,' 20. 8:5) speaks of a certain Jonathan being high priest during the government of Felix, and being murdered by the Sicarii at his instigation; which looks as if Ananias's high priesthood had been interrupt el. It would appear, too, from 20. 8:8, that Ismael the son of Fabi succeeded to Jonathan, net to Ananias, as is usually supposed. But the question is involved in great obscurity.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
At this,
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

the
(ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

high priest
ἀρχιερεὺς (archiereus)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 749: High priest, chief priest. From arche and hiereus; the high-priest; by extension a chief priest.

Ananias
Ἁνανίας (Hananias)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 367: Of Hebrew origin; Ananias, the name of three Israelites.

ordered
ἐπέταξεν (epetaxen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2004: To give order, command, charge. From epi and tasso; to arrange upon, i.e. Order.

those
τοῖς (tois)
Article - Dative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

standing near
παρεστῶσιν (parestōsin)
Verb - Perfect Participle Active - Dative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3936: Or prolonged paristano from para and histemi; to stand beside, i.e. to exhibit, proffer, recommend, substantiate; or to be at hand, aid.

[Paul]
αὐτῷ (autō)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

to strike
τύπτειν (typtein)
Verb - Present Infinitive Active
Strong's 5180: To beat, strike, wound, inflict punishment.

him
αὐτοῦ (autou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

on the
τὸ (to)
Article - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

mouth.
στόμα (stoma)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 4750: The mouth, speech, eloquence in speech, the point of a sword.


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