2. At this the high priest Ananias ordered those who stood near him to strike him on the mouth.
3. Then Paul said to him, God is about to strike you, you whitewashed wall! Do you sit as a judge to try me in accordance with the Law, and yet in defiance of the Law you order me to be struck?
4. Those who stood near exclaimed, Do you rail at and insult the high priest of God?
5. And Paul said, I was not conscious, brethren, that he was a high priest; for the Scripture says, You shall not speak ill of a ruler of your people. [Exod. 22:28.]