Acts 23:2-4

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² Ananias, the high priest, ordered the bystanders to strike Paul on the mouth.

³ “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall!” said Paul to Ananias. “You are sitting to judge me according to the law, and yet you order me to be struck in violation of the law?”

⁴ “You are insulting the high priest?” asked the bystanders.