John 18:22

When Jesus said this, one of the guards, who was standing near, gave him a blow with his hand. ‘Do you answer the high priest like that?’ he exclaimed.

Open English Bible (UK)

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 question me? Question those who have listened to me as to what I have spoken about to them. They must know what I said.’

23‘If I said anything wrong, give evidence about it,’ replied Jesus, ‘but if not, why do you strike me?’

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Cross References

Matthew 26:67Then they spat in his face, and struck him, while others dealt blows at him, saying as they did so,

Luke 22:63The men who held Jesus kept making sport of him and beating him.

John 19:3They kept coming up to him and saying, ‘Long live the king of the Jews!’ and they gave him blow after blow with their 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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