Luke 22:64

22:64 Prophesy to us! Who hit you that time? Jesus had a reputation as a prophet (4:24; 7:16, 39; 13:33; 24:19), so the soldiers mocked this claim.

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Luk 22:64 . περικαλύψαντες , covering (the face understood, τὸ πρόσωπον in Mk.) προφήτευσον , τίς , etc.: Lk. here follows Mt., not Mk., who has simply the verb προφ . without the question following.

The Expositor's Greek Testament, edited by W. Robertson Nicoll (1897–1910) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

(64) Prophesy, who is it that smote thee?—On the popular view of the lower form of Judaism that identified prophecy with clairvoyance, see Note. on Mat_26:68.

A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

64. blindfolded him] Probably by throwing an abba over his head and face. Mar_14:65. The Talmud says that the False Messiah, Bar Cochba, was similarly insulted.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Saying, art thou the Christ,.... The Messiah, promised and prophesied of by Moses, and all the prophets, and long expected by us: "tell us". The Ethiopic version adds, openly; tell us frankly, freely, plainly, as in Joh 10:24.

And he said unto them, if I tell you, you will not believe. The Vulgate Latin and Syriac versions read, "will not believe me"; neither what he said, nor that he was the Messiah; they were determined not to believe in him, and receive him as such; their unbelief was wilful, obstinate, and invincible: they were proof against all arguments, evidence, and demonstration itself.

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And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face, and asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote thee? The Jews, in this terrible scene, (see, too, for further details of the outrages, Mat_26:67 Mar_14:65) were unconsciously working out a literal fulfillment of Isaiah"s picture of the righteous Sufferer. (Isa_1:6 Isa_53:3-7)

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

And having blindfolded him, they struck him on the face - This is placed by St. Matthew and Mark, after the council's condemning him. Probably he was abused in the same manner, both before and after his condemnation.

John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.

[64. Τίς ἐστιν, who is it?) To not a few, who are more desirous from their heart to escape observation than was that wanton mass, composed of the scum of mankind, it shall hereafter at last be said, THOU ART THE MAN (who smote the Saviour): even though the matter (this final award) is about to be put off until the last day.—V. g.]

Bengel's Gnomon of the New Testament — English translation (T&T Clark, Edinburgh, 1860) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

64. ἔτυπτον αὐτοῦ τὸ πρόσωπον καί. These words are omitted by אBKL, &c.

64. περικαλύψαντες αὐτόν. Probably by throwing an abba over his head and face. Mar 14:65. The Talmud says that the False Messiah, Bar Cochba, was similarly insulted.

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