Matthew 26:68

Matthew 26:68. Prophesy unto us, thou Christ. His face was covered, and after each b l ow, He was asked who gave it. The lower officials probably continued this scoffing amusement for some time. The Roman soldiers were apt in the same kind of mockery (chap. Matthew 27:28-31). First, condemned as a blasphemer, He was treated as an outlaw. Luke (Luke 22:65) adds: ‘Many other things blasphemously spake they against Him.' The term ‘Christ ‘is used in mockery of His claims, and His silence would be construed into an evidence that He was an impostor. Brutal views of the Messiah were involved in this brutal play. There is a mocking of Him, which cannot strike His human body, though directed against His Person, His office, His mystical body.