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Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary (4 vols)

Matthew 26:67

Matthew 26:67. Then did they spit in his face. The guard chiefly, but probably the members of the Sanhedrin also (Acts 7:54; Acts 7:57; Acts 22:2). At all events they permitted it. It was an expression of the greatest contempt. Our Lord was treated as one excommunicated, though the final sentence had not been passed.

And buffet him. Struck Him with their fists.

And some (‘the officers,' Mark 14:65) smote him. Either with the hand, or ‘with rods,' probably both. Comp, the similar treatment at the examination before Annas (John 18:22). This probably took place in part when Jesus was led into the court to be kept there until the morning. The officers were probably those warming themselves by the fire, and just then Peter denied Him for the third time, so that our Lord turned and looked on him (Luke 22:61).

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  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

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    The sentence:...

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  • The Bible Study New Testament

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