Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him with the palms of their hands,
Parallel translations
- WEB Then they spit in his face and beat him with their fists, and some slapped him,
- BSB Then they spit in His face and struck Him. Others slapped Him
- NKJV Then they spat in His face and beat Him; and others struck Him with the palms of their hands,
- NASB Then they spit in His face and beat Him with their fists; and others slapped Him,
- NLT Then they began to spit in Jesus’ face and beat him with their fists. And some slapped him,
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They spit in Jesus's face and strike Him with fists and slaps. He endures shameful abuse from His captors.
Overview
The leaders heap contempt and physical violence on Jesus, fulfilling Isaiah 50:6, where the servant gives His face to those who spit and strike. The sinless Son of God submits to humiliation at the hands of His own people. His patient endurance of such treatment reveals the depth of His love and His obedience unto death.
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- Isa 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.
- Isa 53:3He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
- John 18:22And 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?
- Matt 27:30And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head.
- Matt 5:39But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
- Mark 14:65And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the servants did strike him with the palms of their hands.
- Heb 12:2Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
- Isa 52:14As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:
- Lam 3:30He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.
- Mark 15:19And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing their knees worshipped him.
- John 19:3And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands.
- Mark 10:34And they shall mock him, and shall scourge him, and shall spit upon him, and shall kill him: and the third day he shall rise again.
- 2 Cor 11:20–21For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the face.
- Lam 3:45Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people.
- 1 Kgs 22:24But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee?
- Num 12:14And the LORD said unto Moses, If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? let her be shut out from the camp seven days, and after that let her be received in again.
- Job 30:9–11And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.
- Deut 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 shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his brother’s house.
- Mic 5:1Now 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.
- 1 Cor 4:13Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day.
- Jer 20:2Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD.
- Luke 22:63–65And the men that held Jesus mocked him, and smote him.
- Acts 23:2–3And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth.
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