Matthew 26:67

Then they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and some smote him with the palms of their hands,

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In The King James Version

Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him with the palms of their hands,

In Context

66What think ye? They answered and said, He should be punished with death.

68saying, Prophesy to us, O Messiah! who it was that struck thee.

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Cross References

Job 30:9And now I am become their song; Yea, I am their by-word!

Isaiah 50:6I gave my back to the smiters, And my cheeks to them that pluck the beard; I hid not my face from shame and spitting.

Isaiah 53:3He was despised, and forsaken of men, A man of sorrows, and acquainted with disease; As one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed him not.

Lamentations 3:30That he offer his cheek to the smiter; that he be filled with reproach.

Micah 5:1Yet now gather yourselves in troops, O people of troops! They lay siege against us; With a rod they smite the cheek of the judge of Israel.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 26:58-69

Christ in the High Priest's Palace. 57 And they that had laid hold on Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled. 58 But Peter followed him afar off unto the high priest's palace, and went in, and sat with the servants, to see the end. 59 Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death; 60 But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false… Read the whole commentary →

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