Acts 23:2-5
Read Acts 23 in full →2And the high priest aAnanias commanded those standing beside him bto strike him on the mouth. 3Then Paul said to him, “God is going to strike you, ayou whitewashed wall! Do you bsit to try me according to the Law, and in violation of the Law order me to be struck?” 4But those standing nearby said, “Do you revile the high priest of God?” 5And Paul said, “I was not aware, brothers, that he was high priest; for it is written, ‘aYou shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.’”