2 And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth.



Ver. 2. To smite him on the mouth] So when Henry Zutphen, martyr, was bound hard to a ladder and cast into the fire, he no sooner began to pray and to repeat his creed, but one struck him upon the face with his fist, saying, Thou shalt first be burned, and afterwards pray and prate as much as thou wilt: (Acts and Mon.)