Matthew Chapter 26 verse 67 Holy Bible

ASV Matthew 26:67

Then did they spit in his face and buffet him: and some smote him with the palms of their hands,
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BBE Matthew 26:67

Then they put shame on him, and were cruel to him: and some gave him blows, saying,
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DARBY Matthew 26:67

Then they spit in his face, and buffeted him, and some struck him with the palms of their hand,
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KJV Matthew 26:67

Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him with the palms of their hands,
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WBT Matthew 26:67


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WEB Matthew 26:67

Then they spit in his face and beat him with their fists, and some slapped him,
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YLT Matthew 26:67

Then did they spit in his face and buffet him, and others did slap,
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 67. - The scene that ensued upon the verdict being pronounced is beyond measure hideous and unexampled. When the meeting broke up, Jesus was for a time left to the brutal cruelty and the unbridled insolence of the guards and servants. Involuntarily, by their profanity and coarseness, they fulfilled the words of the prophet, speaking in the Person of Messiah, "I 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 50:6). Did they spit in his face. A monstrous indignity, so regarded by all people at all times (Numbers 12:14; Deuteronomy 25:9; Job 30:10). Buffeted him (ἐκολάφισαν αὐτὸν); struck him with fists. Smote him with the palms of their hands (ἐῥῤάπισαν). There is some doubt whether the verb here means "to smite with a rod" or "to slap in the face with the open hand;" but as we have already had mention of striking with the hands, it is probable that beating with a stick is here intended.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(67) Then did they spit in his face.--We learn from St. Mark (Mark 14:65) and St. Luke (Luke 22:63) that these acts of outrage were perpetrated, not by the members of the Sanhedrin, but by the officers who had the accused in their custody, and who, it would seem, availed themselves of the interval between the two meetings of the council to indulge in this wanton cruelty. Here, also, they were unconsciously working out a complete correspondence with Isaiah's picture of the righteous sufferer (Isaiah 1:6). The word "buffeted" describes a blow with the clenched fist, as contrasted with one with the open palm.