Acts 23:2

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • John 18:22 : 22 And when he had said this, one of the officers who stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Do you answer the high priest like that?
  • Acts 24:1 : 1 And after five days Ananias the high priest came down with the elders, and with a certain orator named Tertullus, who informed the governor against Paul.
  • 1 Kgs 22:24 : 24 But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way did the Spirit of the Lord go from me to speak to you?
  • Mic 5:1 : 1 Now gather yourself in troops, O daughter of troops: he has laid siege against us; they shall strike the judge of Israel with a rod on the cheek.
  • Matt 26:67 : 67 Then did they spit in his face, and hit him; and others struck him with the palms of their hands,
  • Jer 20:2 : 2 Then Pashur struck 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.

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  • Acts 23:3-5
    3 verses
    82%

    3 Then Paul said to him, God shall strike you, you whitewashed wall! For do you sit to judge me according to the law, and command me to be struck contrary to the law?

    4 And those who stood by said, Do you revile God's high priest?

    5 Then said Paul, I was not aware, brethren, that he was the high priest: for it is written, You shall not speak evil of the ruler of your people.

  • John 18:22-24
    3 verses
    74%

    22 And when he had said this, one of the officers who stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Do you answer the high priest like that?

    23 Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil; but if well, why do you strike me?

    24 Now Annas sent him bound to Caiaphas the high priest.

  • Acts 24:1
    71%

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

  • Acts 23:1
    71%

    1 Paul, earnestly looking at the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.

  • Acts 5:27
    70%

    27 And when they had brought them, they set them before the council, and the high priest asked them,

  • Luke 22:63-64
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    70%

    63 And the men who held Jesus mocked him, and beat him.

    64 And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face, and asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that struck you?

  • Acts 9:12-14
    3 verses
    70%

    12 And has seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in and laying his hand on him, so that he might receive his sight.

    13 Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much evil he has done to your saints in Jerusalem:

    14 And here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on your name.

  • Acts 25:2
    69%

    2 Then the high priest and the leaders of the Jews informed him against Paul and pleaded with him,

  • Acts 22:12
    69%

    12 And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report of all the Jews who dwelt there,

  • Mark 14:65
    69%

    65 And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face and to beat him, and to say to him, Prophesy; and the servants struck him with the palms of their hands.

  • Acts 26:12
    69%

    12 Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,

  • Matt 26:67-68
    2 verses
    69%

    67 Then did they spit in his face, and hit him; and others struck him with the palms of their hands,

    68 Saying, Prophesy to us, you Christ, Who is he that struck you?

  • Acts 9:1
    68%

    1 And Saul, still breathing out threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,

  • Acts 23:15
    68%

    15 Now therefore, you with the council suggest to the chief captain that he bring him down to you tomorrow, as though you would inquire something more accurately about him; and we, before he comes near, are ready to kill him.

  • Acts 7:1
    68%

    1 Then said the high priest, Are these things so?

  • Acts 5:5
    68%

    5 And Ananias hearing these words fell down and breathed his last, and great fear came on all who heard these things.

  • Acts 16:22
    68%

    22 Then the multitude rose up together against them; and the magistrates tore off their clothes and commanded them to be beaten with rods.

  • Acts 6:12-13
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    67%

    12 They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes, and they came upon him, seized him, and brought him to the council.

    13 They set up false witnesses who said, This man never ceases to speak words against this holy place and the law.

  • Acts 24:20
    67%

    20 Or else let those who are here say, if they found any wrongdoing in me, while I stood before the council,

  • Acts 23:9
    67%

    9 And there arose a great outcry, and the scribes who were of the Pharisees' group arose and contended, saying, We find no evil in this man: but if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him, let us not fight against God.

  • Acts 7:54
    67%

    54 When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with their teeth.

  • Matt 26:62
    67%

    62 And the high priest arose, and said to him, Do you answer nothing? What is it which these testify against you?

  • Acts 6:15
    67%

    15 All who sat in the council, looking intently at him, saw his face as the face of an angel.

  • Acts 22:24-25
    2 verses
    67%

    24 The chief captain ordered him to be brought into the barracks, and directed that he be examined by scourging, to find out why they shouted so against him.

    25 And as they bound him with straps, Paul said to the centurion who stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman and uncondemned?

  • Acts 22:22
    67%

    22 And they listened to him until this word, and then lifted up their voices and said, Away with such a person from the earth, for it is not fit for him to live.

  • Acts 24:6-7
    2 verses
    67%

    6 Who also attempted to desecrate the temple: whom we seized, and would have judged according to our law.

    7 But the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with great force took him away out of our hands,

  • 2 Chr 18:23
    67%

    23 Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and struck Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way did the Spirit of the LORD go from me to speak to you?

  • 1 Kgs 22:24
    67%

    24 But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way did the Spirit of the Lord go from me to speak to you?

  • Acts 21:32
    67%

    32 Who immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down to them: and when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.

  • Luke 22:50
    66%

    50 And one of them struck the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear.

  • Acts 25:15
    66%

    15 about whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, asking for a judgment against him.

  • Acts 4:6
    66%

    6 Along with Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and as many as were of the family of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem.

  • Acts 9:10
    66%

    10 And there was a certain disciple at Damascus named Ananias; and to him the Lord said in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, I am here, Lord.

  • Acts 5:33
    66%

    33 When they heard that, they were furious and took counsel to kill them.

  • Acts 22:19
    66%

    19 And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue those who believed in you.

  • Acts 4:8
    66%

    8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, Rulers of the people and elders of Israel,

  • Mark 14:60
    66%

    60 And the high priest stood up in the midst and asked Jesus, saying, Do you answer nothing? What is it these men testify against you?

  • Acts 22:30
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    30 On the next day, because he wanted to know for certain why he was accused by the Jews, he released him from his bonds, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them.

  • Acts 26:10
    66%

    10 Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I cast my vote against them.