John 18:22

After Jesus said that, one of the Temple guards standing near him slapped him on his face. He said, “◄That is not the way you should answer the high priest!/Is that the way you should answer the high priest?► [RHQ]”

Translation for Translators

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

21So ◄why are you asking me questions like this illegally?/you should not be asking me questions like this illegally!► [RHQ] Ask the people who heard what I taught! They certainly know what I said!”

23Jesus replied to him, “If I said something that was contrary to your laws, you could tell me that what I said that was wrong. But because I said only what was right, ◄you should not be striking me!/why are you striking me?► [RHQ]”

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Cross References

Job 30:10They are disgusted with me, and they usually stay away from me, but when they see me, they are happy to spit in my face.

Jeremiah 20:2So he arrested me. Then he commanded guards to whip me and fasten my feet in ◄stocks/a wooden frame► at the Benjamin Gate of Yahweh’s temple.

Matthew 26:67Then some of them spat in his face. Others struck him with their fists. Others, after they blindfolded him, slapped him

Luke 22:63The men who were guarding Jesus made fun of him and beat him.

John 19:3Then they kept coming to him and saying, “Hooray for the King of the Jews [IRO]!” and slapping him on his face.

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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