John 18:22

And when he had said these things, one of the servants standing by, gave Jesus a blow, saying: Answerest thou the high priest so?

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 asketh thou me? ask them who have heard what I have spoken unto them: behold they know what things I have said.

23Jesus answered him: If I have spoken evil, give testimony of the evil; but if well, why strikest thou me?

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Cross References

Job 30:10They abhor me, and flee far from me, and are not afraid to spit in my face.

Jeremiah 20:2And Phassur struck Jeremias the prophet, and put him in the stocks, that were in the upper gate of Benjamin, in the house of the Lord.

Matthew 26:67Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him: and others struck his face with the palms of their hands,

Luke 22:63And the men that held him, mocked him, and struck him.

John 19:3And they came to him, and said: Hail, king of the Jews; and they gave him blows.

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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