Isaiah 50:6

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.

Smiters - with scourges and with the open hand (). ; Matt. 28:26; , inform us of the fufilment of this prophecy (Luke 18:31). To 'pluck the hair' is the highest insult that can be offered an Oriental (; ). "I gave" implies the voluntary nature of His sufferings; His example corresponded to His precept ().

I hid not my face from shame and spitting - to spit in another's presence is an insult in the East, much more on one; most of all, in the face (; ).