Having blindfolded him, they struck him on the face and asked him, “Prophesy! Who is the one who struck you?”
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Having blindfolded him, they struck him on the face and asked him, “Prophesy! Who is the one who struck you?”
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And when they had blindfolded him, they smote him on the face, and asked him, saying, Prophecie who it is that smote thee.
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Passages linked to Luke 22:64 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Judges 16:21 The Philistines laid hold on him and put out his eyes; and they brought him down to Gaza and bound him with fetters of bronze; and he ground at the mill in the prison.
- Judges 16:25 When their hearts were merry, they said, “Call for Samson, that he may entertain us.” They called for Samson out of the prison; and he performed before them. They set him between the pillars;
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Saying, art thou the Christ,.... The Messiah, promised and…
Saying, art thou the Christ,.... The Messiah, promised and prophesied of by Moses, and all the prophets, and long expected by us: "tell us". The Ethiopic version adds, openly; tell us frankly, freely, plainly, as in Joh 10:24.
And he said unto them, if I tell you, you will not believe. The Vulgate Latin and Syriac versions read, "will not believe me"; neither what he said, nor that he was the Messiah; they were determined not to believe in him, and receive him as such; their unbelief was wilful, obstinate, and invincible: they were proof against all arguments, evidence, and demonstration itself.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain And having blindfolded him, they struck him on the…
And having blindfolded him, they struck him on the face - This is placed by St. Matthew and Mark, after the council's condemning him. Probably he was abused in the same manner, both before and after his condemnation.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 64. blindfolded him] Probably by throwing an abba over…
64. blindfolded him] Probably by throwing an abba over his head and face. Mar_14:65. The Talmud says that the False Messiah, Bar Cochba, was similarly insulted.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (64) Prophesy, who is it that smote thee?—On the…
(64) Prophesy, who is it that smote thee?—On the popular view of the lower form of Judaism that identified prophecy with clairvoyance, see Note. on Mat_26:68.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him…
And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face, and asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote thee? The Jews, in this terrible scene, (see, too, for further details of the outrages, Mat_26:67 Mar_14:65) were unconsciously working out a literal fulfillment of Isaiah"s picture of the righteous Sufferer. (Isa_1:6 Isa_53:3-7)
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 22:64 Prophesy to us! Who hit you that time?…
22:64 Prophesy to us! Who hit you that time? Jesus had a reputation as a prophet (4:24; 7:16, 39; 13:33; 24:19), so the soldiers mocked this claim.
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