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2 [Upon hearing this], the head priest Ananias ordered that those standing closest to Paul hit him on the mouth.
3 Then Paul said to the head priest, "God will hit you, you white-washed wall [i.e., you hypocrite]. Are you sitting in judgment over me according to the law of Moses and [yet] do you order me to be hit contrary to that law?"
4 Those who stood nearby replied, "Are you insulting God's head priest?"
5 Paul said, "Brothers, I did not know that he was the head priest, for it is written [Ex. 22:28], 'You shall not speak evil about a leader of your people.' "