Then they spat in his face and beat him with their fists, and some slapped him,
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Then they spat in his face and beat him with their fists, and some slapped him,
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Then spat they in his face and boffeted him with fistes. And other smote him with the palme af their hondes on the face
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Then spet they in his face, and buffeted him, and other smote him with roddes,
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Passages linked to Matthew 26:67 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Isaiah 50:6 I gave my back to those who beat me, and my cheeks to those who plucked off the hair. I didn’t hide my face from shame and spitting.
- Isaiah 53:3 He was despised and rejected by men, a man of suffering and acquainted with disease. He was despised as one from whom men hide their face; and we didn’t respect him.
- Matthew 27:30 They spat on him, and took the reed and struck him on the head.
- John 18:22 When he had said this, one of the officers standing by slapped Jesus with his hand, saying, “Do you answer the high priest like that?”
- Matthew 5:39 But I tell you, don’t resist him who is evil; but whoever strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also.
- Mark 14:65 Some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to beat him with fists, and to tell him, “Prophesy!” The officers struck him with the palms of their hands.
- Isaiah 52:14 Just as many were astonished at you— his appearance was marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men—
- Lamentations 3:30 Let him give his cheek to him who strikes him. Let him be filled full of reproach.
- Mark 15:19 They struck his head with a reed, and spat on him, and bowing their knees, did homage to him.
- John 19:3 They kept saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and they kept slapping him.
- Hebrews 12:2 looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
- Numbers 12:14 Yahweh said to Moses, “If her father had but spit in her face, shouldn’t she be ashamed seven days? Let her be shut up outside of the camp seven days, and after that she shall be brought in again.”
- Deuteronomy 25:9 then his brother’s wife shall come to him in the presence of the elders, and loose his sandal from off his foot, and spit in his face. She shall answer and say, “So shall it be done to the man who does not build up his brother’s house.”
- 1 Kings 22:24 Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and struck Micaiah on the cheek, and said, “Which way did Yahweh’s Spirit go from me to speak to you?”
- Job 30:9-11 “Now I have become their song. Yes, I am a byword to them. They abhor me, they stand aloof from me, and don’t hesitate to spit in my face. For he has untied his cord, and afflicted me; and they have thrown off restraint before me.
- Jeremiah 20:2 Then Pashhur struck Jeremiah the prophet and put him in the stocks that were in the upper gate of Benjamin, which was in Yahweh’s house.
- Lamentations 3:45 You have made us an off-scouring and refuse in the middle of the peoples.
- Micah 5:1 Now you shall gather yourself in troops, daughter of troops. He has laid siege against us. They will strike the judge of Israel with a rod on the cheek.
- Mark 10:34 They will mock him, spit on him, scourge him, and kill him. On the third day he will rise again.”
- Luke 22:63-65 The men who held Jesus mocked him and beat him. Having blindfolded him, they struck him on the face and asked him, “Prophesy! Who is the one who struck you?” They spoke many other things against him, insulting him.
- 1 Corinthians 4:13 Being defamed, we entreat. We are made as the filth of the world, the dirt wiped off by all, even until now.
- 2 Corinthians 11:20-21 For you bear with a man if he brings you into bondage, if he devours you, if he takes you captive, if he exalts himself, or if he strikes you on the face. I speak by way of disparagement, as though we had been weak. Yet in whatever way anyone is bold (I speak in foolishness), I am bold also.
- Acts 23:2-3 The high priest, Ananias, commanded those who stood by him to strike him on the mouth. Then Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! Do you sit to judge me according to the law, and command me to be struck contrary to the law?”
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 67 Then did they spit in his face, and…
67 Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him with the palms of their hands,
Ver. 67. Then did they spit in his face] Condemned prisoners are sacred things; and by the law of nations, should not be misused and trampled on, but rather pitied and prepared for death. But these barbarous miscreants (not without the good liking of their lords the priests and elders) spare for no kind of cruelty toward Christ, who was content to be spit upon, to cleanse our faces from the filth of sin, to be buffeted with fists, and beaten with staves, {a} to free us from that mighty hand of God, 1Pe 5:6, and from those scourges and scorpions of infernal fiends.
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{a} ερραπισαν, bacillis ceciderunt. Beza.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Mark hath much the same, Mar 14:65; And some…
Mark hath much the same, Mar 14:65; And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the servants did strike him with the palms of their hands. Though there be nothing more barbarous and inhuman than to add to the affliction of the afflicted, yet this is no more than we ordinarily see done by a rabble of brutish people; spitting in the face was but an ordinary token of contempt, Num 12:14; Deu 25:9. And perhaps in all these indignities Isaiah was a type of Christ, Isa 1:6, if that text be not to be understood of Christ immediately. In the mean time, it lets us see that there is no degree or mark of contempt, or shame, or suffering which we ought to decline and grudge at for the name of Christ; who, through much more excellent than us, yet for our sake endured the cross, and despised the shame.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Saying, prophesy unto us, thou Christ,.... Not that they…
Saying, prophesy unto us, thou Christ,.... Not that they owned him to be the Messiah; but because he asserted himself to be the Messiah, and his followers believed in him as such, they call him so; and in an ironical and sarcastic way, call upon him to divine, and tell them who the persons were, that used him in this manner; suggesting, that if he was the Christ, or Messiah, he would know all things, and what were done to him:
who is he that smote thee? for they had covered his face, or blindfolded him, as the other Evangelists say, Mar 14:65, and then bid him tell them who smote him last. Christ did not think fit to give them an answer to this question, but he will let them know hereafter, who the particular person, or persons were, that smote him; and when it will appear to all the churches, and to all the world, that he is the Lord God omniscient. Some learned men have observed (a), that there was a play formerly used, called by the ancients, at which, one person having his face covered, the rest smote him; or one put his hands over his eyes, and another smote, and asked him who it was that smote? and such an exercise is yet in being among us, which is commonly called Blindman's Buff; and such pastime as this the Jews had with Christ; in this ludicrous way did they use him, and made him their sport and diversion, as the Philistines did Samson; but it will cost them dear another day,
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(a) Braunii Select. Sacr. l. 5. Exerc. 2. sect. 38. p. 622, 623. & Capelt. in loc. e Polluce, l. 9. c. 7.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Then - After he had declared he was the…
Then - After he had declared he was the Son of God, the sanhedrim doubtless ordered him to be carried out, while they were consulting what to do. And then it was that the soldiers who kept him began these insults upon him.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 67. Then did they spit in his face]…
Verse 67. Then did they spit in his face] This was done as a mark of the most profound contempt. See Job 16:10; Job 30:10; Isa 50:6; Mic 5:1. The judges now delivered him into the hands of the mob.
And buffeted him] Smote him with their fists, εκολαφισαν. This is the translation of Theophylact. κολαφιζειν, says he, means, "to beat with the hand, the fingers being clenched. συγκαμτομενων των δακτυλων, or, to speak more briefly, to buffet with the fist."
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Smote him with the palms of their hands] ερραπισαν. ραπιζω, says Suidas, means "παταξαι την γναθον απλη τη χειρι, to smite the cheek with the open hand." Thus they offered him indignity in all its various and vexatious forms. Insults of this kind are never forgiven by the world: Jesus not only takes no revenge, (though it be completely in his power,) but bears all with meekness, without even one word of reply.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Mat 26:67-68. Then did they spit in his face,…
Mat 26:67-68. Then did they spit in his face, &c. — Spitting in the face was the greatest contempt and disgrace which could possibly be shown. See Num 12:14. Buffeting, or striking a person with the fist on the temples, was esteemed one of the most disgraceful punishments by the Greeks, from whom the Romans might have adopted it. Smiting with the open palm of their hands, was such a dishonour as none but a slave ought to endure. “Because Matthew here says, that they who condemned Jesus spit in his face, and buffeted him: and Mar 14:65, mentions the indignities which the servants in particular put upon him; it appears that he was smitten, blindfolded, and buffeted even by some of the council; who, to ridicule him for having pretended to be the great prophet foretold by Moses, bade him exercise his prophetical gift in guessing who it was that struck him; Prophesy unto us, thou Christ — It was hardly possible for those miscreants to invent any thing more expressive of the contempt in which they held our Lord’s pretensions to be the Messiah. Thus was the Judge of the world placed at the bar of his own creatures, falsely accused by the witnesses, unjustly condemned by his judges, and insulted by all. Yet, because it was agreeable to the end of his coming, he patiently submitted, though he could with a frown have made his judges, his accusers, and those who had him in custody, all to drop down dead in a moment, or to shrivel into nothing.” — Macknight.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Then did they spit in his face - This,…
Then did they spit in his face - This, among the Jews, as among us, was significant of the highest contempt and insult, Num 12:14; Isa 50:6; Job 30:10.
And buffeted him - That is, they struck him with their hands closed, or with the fist.
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Others smote him with the palms of their hands - The word used in the original here means literally to strike with rods. It also means to strike the mouth with the open hand, as if to prevent a person’s speaking, or to evince abhorrence of what he had spoken.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Then they spat in his face, and buffetted him,…
Then they spat in his face, and buffetted him, &c. Here it was that the wicked council of the Sanhedrim broke up, in order to meet again the next morning. Our blessed Saviour in the mean time was abandoned; that is, had abandoned himself for our sake, to be abused, vilified, beaten and tormented by a crew of miscreants, by all the ways and means their enraged malice could devise or invent: which St. Luke passeth over in a few words, telling us, that, blaspheming, they said many other things against him. Let us, at least, compassionate our blessed Redeemer, and cry out with the angel in the Apocalypse: thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive power and divinity, honour and glory for ever. (Witham) --- Behold with what accuracy the evangelist mentions every, event he most ignominious circumstance, concealing nothing, ashamed of nothing, but esteeming it his glory that the Creator of heaven and earth should suffer so much for man’s redemption. Let us continually meditate upon this; let us ever glory in this, and fix it irrevocably in our minds. (St. John Chrysostom) See Mark xiv. 65; Luke xxii. 64.
Peter’s Denial.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 67. Then did they spit in his face —…
67. Then did they spit in his face — Probably upon the retirement of the high priest the apprehenders of Jesus (Luk_22:63) and the crowd proceeded to these insults, He who had at his first arrest plentifully demonstrated his absolute power over his adversaries, now bows his head in complete abandonment to all which their rage pleases to inflict.
Buffeted him — Struck him with the clenched fist, and then with the palms or flat hands.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 67. buffeted him] Struck Him with clenched fist.
67. buffeted him] Struck Him with clenched fist.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (67) Then did they spit in his face.—We learn…
(67) Then did they spit in his face.—We learn from St. Mark (Mar_14:65) and St. Luke (Luk_22:63) that these acts of outrage were perpetrated, not by the members of the Sanhedrin, but by the officers who had the accused in their custody, and who, it would seem, availed themselves of the interval between the two meetings of the council to indulge in this wanton cruelty. Here, also, they were unconsciously working out a complete correspondence with Isaiah’s picture of the righteous sufferer (Isa_1:6). The word “buffeted” describes a blow with the clenched fist, as contrasted with one with the open palm.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain The scene that ensued upon the verdict being pronounced…
The scene that ensued upon the verdict being pronounced is beyond measure hideous and unexampled. When the meeting broke up, Jesus was for a time left to the brutal cruelty and the unbridled insolence of the guards and servants. Involuntarily, by their profanity and coarseness, they fulfilled the words of the prophet, speaking in the Person of Messiah, "I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair; I hid not my face from shame and spitting". (Isa_50:6) Did they spit in his face. A monstrous indignity, so regarded by all people at all times. (Num_12:14 Deu_25:9 Job_30:10)
Buffeted him (ekolafisan auton); struck him with fists. Smote him with the palms of their hands (errapisan). There is some doubt whether the verb here means "to smite with a rod" or "to slap in the face with the open hand;" but as we have already had mention of striking with the hands, it is probable that beating with a stick is here intended.
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B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain 67. Then did they spit in his face. The…
67. Then did they spit in his face. The maltreatment recorded occurred between this meeting and the one called to meet at daybreak. Spitting was considered among the Jews an expression of the greatest contempt (Deut. 25:9; Num. 12:14). Even to spit before another was regarded as an offense, and treated as such by heathen also. Buffeted him. Struck him with their fists.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Then they
Then they
Possible meanings are 1) "Then some of the men" or 2) "Then the soldiers."
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spit in his face
This was done as an insult.
Prophesy to us
Here "Prophesy to us" means to tell by means of God's power. It does not mean to tell what will happen in the future.
you Christ
Those hitting Jesus do not really think he is the Christ. They call him this to mock him. (See: Irony)
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 26:67-68 Such abuse fulfills Isa 50:6; 53:4-9 and Jesus’…
26:67-68 Such abuse fulfills Isa 50:6; 53:4-9 and Jesus’ own predictions (Matt 16:21; 17:22-23; 20:18-19; 26:2; see also Mark 14:65).
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