John 18:19-24 - Jesus Before Annas

19 Then the high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and his teaching.

20 Jesus answered, "I have spoken openly to the world. I have always taught in synagogues or in the Temple where all the Jews meet together, and I have said nothing in secret. 21 Why do you question me? Ask those who have heard me what it was that I said to them. They will know what I have said."

22 When he said this, one of the attendants who stood near struck him and said, "Is that the way you answer the high priest?"

23 Jesus replied, "If I have said anything wrong, testify to it; but if what I have said is true, why do you strike me?"

24 So Annas sent him over still bound to Caiaphas the high priest.


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