John 18:22

When Jesus said this, one of the officers standing nearby slapped him and said, “Is that how yoʋ answer the high priest?”

Text-Critical English NT

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 yoʋ question me? Question those who heard what I said to them. Behold, they know what I said.”

23Jesus answered him, “If I have spoken wrongly, testify as to what was wrong; but if I have spoken well, why are yoʋ hitting me?”

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Cross References

Matthew 26:67Then they spit in his face and struck him. Others slapped him,

Luke 22:63Now the men who were holding Jesus in custody began mocking him and beating him.

John 19:3They kept saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and striking him in the 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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