When he had said this, one of the officers standing by slapped Jesus with his hand, saying, “Do you answer the high priest like that?”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
John 18:22 in context
John 18:19–25
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The high priest therefore asked Jesus about his disciples and about his teaching.
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Jesus answered him, “I spoke openly to the world. I always taught in synagogues and in the temple, where the Jews always meet. I said nothing in secret.
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Why do you ask me? Ask those who have heard me what I said to them. Behold, they know the things which I said.”
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When he had said this, one of the officers standing by slapped Jesus with his hand, saying, “Do you answer the high priest like that?”
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Jesus answered him, “If I have spoken evil, testify of the evil; but if well, why do you beat me?”
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Annas sent him bound to Caiaphas, the high priest.
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Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. They said therefore to him, “You aren’t also one of his disciples, are you?”
He denied it and said, “I am not.”
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