22And 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?
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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.
Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him with the palms of their hands, …
And the men that held Jesus mocked him, and smote him. …
And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands.
The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 13-27)We have here an account of Christ’s arraignment before the high priest, and some circumstances that occurred therein which were omitted by the other evangelists; and Peter’s denying him, which the other evangelists had given the story of entire by itself, is interwoven with the other passages. The crime laid to his charge having relation to religion, the judges of the spiritual court took it to fa…
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