And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth.
And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth - a method of silencing a speaker common in the East (says Hackett) to this day; and our Lord was treated with the same indignity (John 18:22). 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.