Matthew 26:67

Then did they spit in his face and buffet him: and some smote him with the palms of their hands,

Revised Version 1895

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 is worthy of death.

68saying, Prophesy unto us, thou Christ: who is he that struck thee?

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 25:9then shall his brother’s wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face; and she shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto the man that doth not build up his brother’s house.

Job 30:9And now I am become their song, yea, I am a byword unto them.

Isaiah 50:6I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.

Isaiah 53:3He was despised, and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and as one from whom men hide their face he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

Lamentations 3:30Let him give his cheek to him that smiteth him; let him be filled full with reproach.

Micah 5:1Now shalt thou gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.

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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