30And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head.
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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.
Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him with the palms of their hands,
And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing their knees worshipped him.
He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on: …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 26-32)In these verses we have the preparatives for, and prefaces to, the crucifixion of our Lord Jesus. Here is, I. The sentence passed, and the warrant signed for his execution; and this immediately, the same hour. 1. Barabbas was released, that notorious criminal: if he had not been put in competition with Christ for the favour of the people, it is probable that he had died for his crimes; but that pr…
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