John 18:22

When he had spoken thus, one of the attendants, who was standing by, struck Jesus with his open hand, saying: Do you answer the chief priest thus?

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

And 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?

In Context

21Why do you ask me? Ask those who have heard, what things I said to them. Behold, they know what I have said.

23Jesus answered him: If I have spoken evil, testify of the evil; but if well, why do you strike me?

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Cross References

Matthew 26:67Then did they spit in his face, and strike him with their fists; some struck him with the open hand,

Luke 22:63And the men that had Jesus in custody mocked him, and smote him.

John 19:3and said: Hail, King of the Jews. And they struck him with their open hands.

Matthew Henry on John 18:14-28

Christ before Annas and Caiaphas; The Fall of Peter; Christ Arraigned; Peter Again Denies Christ. 13 And led him away to Annas first; for he was father in law to Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year. 14 Now Caiaphas was he, which gave counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient that one man should die for the people. 15 And Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple: that disciple was known unto the high priest, and went in with Jesus into the palace of the high priest. 16 But Peter stood… Read the whole commentary →

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