Acts 23:2
At that the high priest Ananias ordered those standing near Paul to strike him on the mouth.
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- John 18:22 : 22 When Jesus had said this, one of the high priest’s officers who stood nearby struck him on the face and said,“Is that the way you answer the high priest?”
- Acts 24:1 : 1 The Accusations Against Paul After five days the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and an attorney named Tertullus, and they brought formal charges against Paul to the governor.
- 1 Kgs 22:24 : 24 Zedekiah son of Kenaanah approached, hit Micaiah on the jaw, and said,“Which way did the LORD’s spirit go when he went from me to speak to you?”
- Mic 5:1 : 1 (4:14) But now slash yourself, daughter surrounded by soldiers! We are besieged! With a scepter they strike Israel’s ruler on the side of his face.
- Matt 26:67 : 67 Then they spat in his face and struck him with their fists. And some slapped him,
- Jer 20:2 : 2 When he heard Jeremiah’s prophecy, he had the prophet flogged. Then he put him in the stocks which were at the Upper Gate of Benjamin in the LORD’s temple.
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- Acts 23:3-53 verses82%
3Then Paul said to him,“God is going to strike you, you whitewashed wall! Do you sit there judging me according to the law, and in violation of the law you order me to be struck?”
4Those standing near him said,“Do you dare insult God’s high priest?”
5Paul replied,“I did not realize, brothers, that he was the high priest, for it is written,‘You must not speak evil about a ruler of your people.’”
- John 18:22-243 verses74%
22When Jesus had said this, one of the high priest’s officers who stood nearby struck him on the face and said,“Is that the way you answer the high priest?”
23Jesus replied,“If I have said something wrong, confirm what is wrong. But if I spoke correctly, why strike me?”
24Then Annas sent him, still tied up, to Caiaphas the high priest.
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1The Accusations Against Paul After five days the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and an attorney named Tertullus, and they brought formal charges against Paul to the governor.
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1Paul looked directly at the council and said,“Brothers, I have lived my life with a clear conscience before God to this day.”
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27When they had brought them, they stood them before the council, and the high priest questioned them,
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63Now the men who were holding Jesus under guard began to mock him and beat him.
64They blindfolded him and asked him repeatedly,“Prophesy! Who hit you?”
- Acts 9:12-143 verses70%
12and he has seen in a vision a man named Ananias come in and place his hands on him so that he may see again.”
13But Ananias replied,“Lord, I have heard from many people about this man, how much harm he has done to your saints in Jerusalem,
14and here he has authority from the chief priests to imprison all who call on your name!”
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2So the chief priests and the most prominent men of the Jews brought formal charges against Paul to him.
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12A man named Ananias, a devout man according to the law, well spoken of by all the Jews who live there,
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65Then some began to spit on him, and to blindfold him, and to strike him with their fists, saying,“Prophesy!” The guards also took him and beat him.
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12“While doing this very thing, as I was going to Damascus with authority and complete power from the chief priests,
- Matt 26:67-682 verses69%
67Then they spat in his face and struck him with their fists. And some slapped him,
68saying,“Prophesy for us, you Christ! Who hit you?”
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1The Conversion of Saul Meanwhile Saul, still breathing out threats to murder the Lord’s disciples, went to the high priest
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15So now you and the council request the commanding officer to bring him down to you, as if you were going to determine his case by conducting a more thorough inquiry. We are ready to kill him before he comes near this place.”
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1Stephen’s Defense Before the Council Then the high priest said,“Are these things true?”
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5When Ananias heard these words he collapsed and died, and great fear gripped all who heard about it.
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22The crowd joined the attack against them, and the magistrates tore the clothes off Paul and Silas and ordered them to be beaten with rods.
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12They incited the people, the elders, and the experts in the law; then they approached Stephen, seized him, and brought him before the council.
13They brought forward false witnesses who said,“This man does not stop saying things against this holy place and the law.
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20Or these men here should tell what crime they found me guilty of when I stood before the council,
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9There was a great commotion, and some experts in the law from the party of the Pharisees stood up and protested strongly,“We find nothing wrong with this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?”
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54Stephen is Killed When they heard these things, they became furious and ground their teeth at him.
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62So the high priest stood up and said to him,“Have you no answer? What is this that they are testifying against you?”
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15All who were sitting in the council looked intently at Stephen and saw his face was like the face of an angel.
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24the commanding officer ordered Paul to be brought back into the barracks. He told them to interrogate Paul by beating him with a lash so that he could find out the reason the crowd was shouting at Paul in this way.
25When they had stretched him out for the lash, Paul said to the centurion standing nearby,“Is it legal for you to lash a man who is a Roman citizen without a proper trial?”
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22The Roman Commander Questions Paul The crowd was listening to him until he said this. Then they raised their voices and shouted,“Away with this man from the earth! For he should not be allowed to live!”
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23Zedekiah son of Kenaanah approached, hit Micaiah on the jaw, and said,“Which way did the LORD’s spirit go when he went from me to speak to you?”
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24Zedekiah son of Kenaanah approached, hit Micaiah on the jaw, and said,“Which way did the LORD’s spirit go when he went from me to speak to you?”
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32He immediately took soldiers and centurions and ran down to the crowd. When they saw the commanding officer and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.
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50Then one of them struck the high priest’s slave, cutting off his right ear.
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15When I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me about him, asking for a sentence of condemnation against him.
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6Annas the high priest was there, and Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and others who were members of the high priest’s family.
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10Now there was a disciple in Damascus named Ananias. The Lord said to him in a vision,“Ananias,” and he replied,“Here I am, Lord.”
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33Now when they heard this, they became furious and wanted to execute them.
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19I replied,‘Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat those in the various synagogues who believed in you.
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6He even tried to desecrate the temple, so we arrested him.
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8Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, replied,“Rulers of the people and elders,
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60Then the high priest stood up before them and asked Jesus,“Have you no answer? What is this that they are testifying against you?”
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30Paul Before the Sanhedrin The next day, because the commanding officer wanted to know the true reason Paul was being accused by the Jews, he released him and ordered the chief priests and the whole council to assemble. He then brought Paul down and had him stand before them.
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10And that is what I did in Jerusalem: Not only did I lock up many of the saints in prisons by the authority I received from the chief priests, but I also cast my vote against them when they were sentenced to death.