Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
Then did they spit in his face - This was done as a mark of the most profound contempt. See Job 16:10; Job 30:10; Isaiah 50:6; Micah 5:1. The judges now delivered him into the hands of the mob.
And buffeted him - Smote him with their fists, . This is the translation of Theophylact. , says he, means, "to beat with the hand, the fingers being clenched. , or, to speak more briefly, to buffet with the fist."
Smote him with the palms of their hands - . , says Suidas, means " , to smite the cheek with the open hand." Thus they offered him indignity in all its various and vexatious forms. Insults of this kind are never forgiven by the world: Jesus not only takes no revenge, (though it be completely in his power), but bears all with meekness, without even one word of reply.
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