John 19:3

And said. Add kai hrconto prov aujton, and kept coming unto Him, before and said or kept saying. The imperfect denotes the successive acts of homage of the soldiers as they came up one after the other.

They smote Him with their hands [ε δ ι δ ο υ ν α υ τ ω ρ α π ι σ μ α τ α]. Literally, kept giving Him blows with their hands. See on 18 22.