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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Acts 23:2

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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the high priest . . . commanded . . . to smite him on the mouth--a method of silencing a speaker common in the East to this day [HACKET]. 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.
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