19And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing their knees worshipped him.
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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.
He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. …
But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people. …
Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.
And the men that held Jesus mocked him, and smote him.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 15-21)Here, I. Pilate, to gratify the Jews’ malice, delivers Christ to be crucified , Mark 15:15. Willing to content the people , to do enough for them (so the word is), and make them easy, that he might keep them quiet, he released Barabbas unto them , who was the scandal and plague of their nation, and delivered Jesus to be crucified , who was the glory and blessing of their nation. Though he had scou…
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