1. And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men, brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.
2. And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him, to strike him on the mouth.
3. Then said Paul to him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: for sittest thou to judge me according to the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?