Matthew 26:68

while they taunted Him, saying, "Christ, prove yourself a Prophet by telling us who it was that struck you."

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

Saying, Prophesy unto us, thou Christ, Who is he that smote thee?

In Context

67Then they spat in His face, and struck Him--some with the fist, some with the open hand--

69Peter meanwhile was sitting outside in the court of the palace, when one of the maidservants came over to him and said, "You too were with Jesus the Galilaean."

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Cross References

Matthew 27:39And the passers-by reviled Him. They shook their heads at Him

Mark 15:18and went on to salute Him with shouts of "Long live the King of the Jews."

John 19:2And the soldiers, twisting twigs of thorn into a wreath, put it on His head, and threw round Him a crimson cloak.

1 Peter 2:4Come to Him, the ever-living Stone, rejected indeed by men as worthless, but in God's esteem chosen and held in honour.

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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