Acts 23:1-2

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23 Then Paul, gazing earnestly at the council (Sanhedrin), said, Brethren, I have lived before God, doing my duty with a perfectly good conscience until this very day [^[a]as a citizen, a true and loyal Jew].

² At this the high priest Ananias ordered those who stood near him to strike him on the mouth.