² At this the high priest Ananias^(A) ordered those standing near Paul to strike him on the mouth.^{(B) 3} Then Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall!^(C) You sit there to judge me according to the law, yet you yourself violate the law by commanding that I be struck!”^(D)

⁴ Those who were standing near Paul said, “How dare you insult God’s high priest!”

⁵ Paul replied, “Brothers, I did not realize that he was the high priest; for it is written: ‘Do not speak evil about the ruler of your people.’^[a]”^(E)

Paul’s Trial Before Felix

24 Five days later the high priest Ananias^(A) went down to Caesarea with some of the elders and a lawyer named Tertullus, and they brought their charges^(B) against Paul before the governor.^(C)

² where the chief priests and the Jewish leaders appeared before him and presented the charges against Paul.^(A)