1. Then Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.
2. And the prince of the priests, Ananias, commanded those that stood by him to smite him on the mouth.
3. Then Paul said unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whitewashed wall, for dost thou sit to judge me after the law and command me to be smitten contrary to the law?
4. And those that stood by said, Dost thou revile God’s high priest?