Acts 23:2-5

English Standard Version

² And the high priest ^(A)Ananias commanded those who stood by him ^(B)to strike him on the mouth. ³ Then Paul said to him, “God is going to strike you, you ^(C)whitewashed ^(D)wall! Are you sitting to judge me according to the law, and yet ^(E)contrary to the law you ^(F)order me to be struck?” ⁴ Those who stood by said, “Would you revile ^(G)God's high priest?” ⁵ And Paul said, ^(H)“I did not know, brothers, that he was the high priest, for it is written, ^(I)‘You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.’”