Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
the high priest . . . commanded . . . to smite him on the mouth—a method of silencing a speaker common in the East to this day [HACKET]. But for a judge thus to treat a prisoner on his "trial," for merely prefacing his defense by a protestation of his integrity, was infamous.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Acts 23:2:
Exodus 22:28
Mark 14:54
John 18:22
Acts 23:1
Acts 24:11
Acts 25:2
1 Corinthians 4:11
2 Corinthians 11:20
1 Timothy 3:3
Hebrews 13:18
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