smote him No less than five forms of beating are referred to by the Evangelists in describing this pathetic scene deronteshere (a general term); etupton, -they kept smiting;" paisasin the next verse, implying violence; ekolaphisan, -slapped with the open palm," Matthew 26:67; errapisan, -smote with sticks" (id.); and rapismasin eballon, Mark 14:65. See the prophecy of Isaiah 1:6. The Priests of that day, and their pampered followers, were too much addicted to these brutalities (Acts 21:32; Acts 23:2), as we learn also from the Talmud.

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