King James Version (KJV)

John 18:23

“Jesus answered him, ‹If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil: but if well, why smitest thou me?›”

Verse in context — John 18

‹Why askest thou me? ask them which heard me, what I have said unto them: behold, they know what I said.›

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?

Jesus answered him, ‹If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil: but if well, why smitest thou me?›

Now Annas had sent him bound unto Caiaphas the high priest.

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.

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