65And 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.
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Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him with the palms of their hands, …
And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth.
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.
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.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 53-65)We have here Christ’s arraignment, trial, conviction, and condemnation, in the ecclesiastical court, before the great sanhedrim, of which the high priest was president, or judge of the court; the same Caiaphas that had lately adjudged it expedient he should be put to death, guilty or not guilty (John 11:50), and who therefore might justly be excepted against as partial. I. Christ is hurried away t…
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