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Courts of Justice: The Accused: Sometimes Treated with Insult Matthew 26:67

Then they spit in His face and struck Him. Others slapped Him

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Courts of Justice: The Accused: Sometimes Treated with Insult John 18:22, 23

When Jesus had said this, one of the officers standing nearby slapped Him in the face and said, “Is this how You answer the high priest?” / Jesus replied, “If I said something wrong, testify as to what was wrong. But if I spoke correctly, why did you strike Me?”

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Courts of Justice: The Accused: Sometimes Treated with Insult Acts 23:2, 3

At this, the high priest Ananias ordered those standing near Paul to strike him on the mouth. / Then Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! You sit here to judge me according to the law, yet you yourself violate the law by commanding that I be struck.”

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