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Acts 23:2 KJV
Acts · chapter 23 · verse 2
And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth.Acts 23:2 · King James Version
Acts 23:2 in context
1And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.
2And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth.
3Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?
4And they that stood by said, Revilest thou God’s high priest?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- commandedepitassōto enjoin upon, order, command, chargeG2004 →
- AnaniashananiasAnanias = " whom Jehovah has graciously given" , a certain Christian at…G367 →
- priestarchiereuschief priest, high priest, the high priests, these comprise in addition to one holding…G749 →
- smitetyptōto strike, beat, smite, with a staff, a whip, the fist, the hand, of mourners, to smite…G5180 →
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Perhaps when Paul was brought, as he often was (corpus cum causa - the person and the cause together), before heathen magistrates and councils, where he and his cause were slighted, because not at all understood, he thought, if he were brought before the sanhedrim at Jerusalem, he should be able to deal with them to…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-5