The Last Supper
Then they spit in His face and struck Him. Others slapped Him Matthew 26:67 · Berean Standard Bible
Then they spit in His face and punch Him. Others slap Him.
After condemning Him, they humiliate Him. These are religious leaders — men of God — spitting on the face of God.
The narrator records the brutal abuse that follows the guilty verdict.
The scene is almost too painful to read. The kindest person who ever lived is being spit on by the people who were supposed to be closest to God.
The physical abuse begins — spitting (eneptyon), striking with fists (ekolaphisan), and slapping (erapisan) — acts of profound degradation directed at the condemned Jesus.
This treatment fulfills Isaiah 50:6 ('I gave my back to those who struck me, my cheeks to those who pulled out the beard; I did not hide my face from mocking and spitting') with remarkable precision.
The narrator describes the brutal mistreatment that follows the verdict.
The trial descends from judicial process to mob violence — the same hands that administered sacred duties now spit on and strike the Son of God.
65At this, the high priest tore his clothes and declared, “He has blasphemed! Why do we need any more witnesses? Look, now you have heard the blasphemy.
66What do you think?”
67Then they spit in His face and struck Him. Others slapped Him
68and said, “Prophesy to us, Christ! Who hit You?”
69Meanwhile, Peter was sitting out in the courtyard, and a servant girl came up to him. “You also were with Jesus the Galilean,” she said.
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