Isaiah 50:6 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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Chapter 50

⁶I 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.

Isaiah 50:6 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 26:67
Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him with the palms of their hands,
Mark 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.
Mark 15:19
And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing their knees worshipped him.
Matthew 27:30
And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head.
Luke 22:63-64
And the men that held Jesus mocked him, and smote him. …

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 4-9)

Our Lord Jesus, having proved himself able to save, here shows himself as willing as he is able to save, here shows himself as willing as he is able. We suppose the prophet Isaiah to say something of himself in these verses, engaging and encouraging himself to go on in his work as a prophet, notwithstanding the many hardships he met with, not doubting but that God would stand by him and strengthen…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 6)

6. smiters--with scourges and with the open hand (Is 52:14; Mr 14:65). Literally fulfilled (Mt 27:26; 26:27; Lu 18:33). To “pluck the hair” is the highest insult that can be offered an Oriental (2Sa 10:4; La 3:30). “I gave” implies the voluntary nature of His sufferings; His example corresponds to His precept (Mt 5:39). spitting--To spit in another’s presence is an insult in the East, much more on…