Luke 22:63
And the men who held Jesus mocked him, while striking him.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
And the men that held Jesus mocked him, and smote him.
In Context
62And having gone outside, Peter wept bitterly.
Cross References
Job 16:9He has torn me in his wrath, and persecuted me. He has gnashed upon me with his teeth. My adversary sharpens his eyes upon me.
Psalms 22:6But I am a worm, and no man, a reproach of men, and despised by the people.
Psalms 35:15But in my adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together. The wretches gathered themselves together against me, and I knew [it] not. They tore me, and ceased not.
Psalms 69:7Because for thy sake I have borne reproach, shame has covered my face.
Isaiah 50:6I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to those who plucked off the hair. I did not hide my face from shame and spitting.
Isaiah 53:3He was despised, and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief. And as him from whom men hide their face he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
Matthew Henry on Luke 22:55-63
The Fall of Peter. 54 Then took they him, and led him, and brought him into the high priest's house. And Peter followed afar off. 55 And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the hall, and were set down together, Peter sat down among them. 56 But a certain maid beheld him as he sat by the fire, and earnestly looked upon him, and said, This man was also with him. 57 And he denied him, saying, Woman, I know him not. 58 And after a little while another saw him, and said, Thou art also of them. And Peter said,… Read the whole commentary →