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Andδὲthe high priestὁ ἀρχιερεὺςAnaniasἉνανίαςorderedἐπέταξενthose who stoodτοῖς παρεστῶσινby himαὐτῷto strikeτύπτεινhisαὐτοῦmouth.τὸ στόμα
Acts 23:2
Study it in the app“And the high priest Ananias ordered those who stood by him to strike his mouth.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 23:2, word by word
- the high priestἀρχιερεὺςarchiereus
high priest
The chief of the priests; Jesus is that forever.
Where else “archiereus” appears- AnaniasἉνανίαςHananias
Ananias
Ananias, a name borne by several men: the husband of Sapphira, the disciple in Damascus who welcomed Saul, and a high priest.
Where else “Hananias” appears- orderedἐπέταξενepetaxen
command
Give orders, command.
Where else “epetaxen” appears- those who stoodπαρεστῶσινparestōsin
stand by
To be there, or for the time to arrive.
Where else “parestōsin” appears- to strikeτύπτεινtyptein
strike
Strike, beat.
Where else “typtein” appears- mouthστόμαstoma
mouth
The part of the face through which one eats and speaks; also what one says.
Where else “stoma” appears
Translation note
Ananias, son of Nedebaeus, was high priest around the years 47-59; he is not the Annas of the Gospels.
The context
1And Paul, looking intently at the council, said, “Brothers, I have lived my life in all good conscience before God up to this day.”
2 · This verse (above)
3Then Paul said to him, “God is going to strike you, whitewashed wall; and are you sitting to judge me according to the law, and breaking the law you order me to be struck?”
To study Acts 23 in a group
1. What it says
What does the Lord say to Paul the night after his appearance before the council? (v. 11)
2. What it means
Paul's nephew learns of a plot and reports it. What does the commander do with that information? (vv. 12-24)
3. How I live it
Paul was encouraged at a moment of great tension (v. 11). Who encouraged you when you needed it, and how can you do that for someone else?