A moment in scripture
John 18:23
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Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil: but if well, why smitest thou me?
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The surrounding passage
- John 18:21
Why askest thou me? ask them which heard me, what I have said unto them: behold, they know what I said.
- John 18:22
And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest thou the high priest so?
- John 18:24
Now Annas had sent him bound unto Caiaphas the high priest.
- John 18:25
And Simon Peter stood and warmed himself. They said therefore unto him, Art not thou also one of his disciples? He denied it, and said, I am not.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.