Act 23:2-5 | ESV | STEP | And the high priest Ananias commanded those who stood by him to strike him on the mouth .

Acts 23:2-5

2 And the high priest ^aAnanias commanded those who stood by him ^bto strike him on the mouth. 3 Then Paul said to him, “God is going to strike you, you ^cwhitewashed ^dwall! Are you sitting to judge me according to the law, and yet ^econtrary to the law you ^forder me to be struck?” 4 Those who stood by said, “Would you revile ^gGod’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.’”