Isaiah 50:6 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 50:6

I offered My back to those who struck Me, and My cheeks to those who tore out My beard. I did not hide My face from scorn and spittle.

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ASV

I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair; I hid not my face from shame and spitting.

KJV

I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.

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Commentary

4 voices

Athanasius of Alexandria

296–373

Letter 10.7 (373)

Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ comes before us, when he would show [people] how to suffer, who when he was struck bore it patiently, being reviled he reviled not again, when he suffered he threatened not, but he gave his back to the smiters and his cheeks to buffetings, and he turned not his face from spitting; and at last, he was willingly led to death, that we might behold in him the image of all that is virtuous and immortal, and that we, conducting ourselves after these examples, might truly tread on serpents and scorpions and on all the power of the enemy.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

I gave my back to the smiters,.... To Pontius Pilate, and those he ordered to scourge him, Mat 27:26. and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair; of the beard; which, is painful, so a great indignity and affront.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

And my cheeks to them that plunked off the hair - The greatest indignity that could possibly be offered. See the note on Isa 7:20 (note). I hid not my face from shame and spitting - Another instance of the utmost contempt and detestation. It was ordered by the law of Moses as a severe punishment, carrying with it a lasting disgrace; Deu 25:9. Among the Medes it was highly offensive to spit in any one’s presence, Herod.

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 1486: “The Shame and Spitting” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1879)

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
גֵּוִי֙	ge.Vi	back my	H1460 →
נָתַ֣תִּי	na.Ta.ti	I gave	H5414 →
לְמַכִּ֔ים	le.ma.Kim	to [those who] struck [it]	H5221 →
וּלְחָיַ֖י	u.le.cha.Yai	and cheeks my	H3895 →
לְמֹֽרְטִ֑ים	le.mo.re.Tim	to [those who] made [them] bare	H4803 →
פָּנַי֙	pa.Nai	face my	H6440 →
לֹ֣א	lo'	not	H3808 →
הִסְתַּ֔רְתִּי	his.Tar.ti	I hid	H5641 →
מִכְּלִמּ֖וֹת	mi.ke.li.Mot	from insults	H3639 →
וָרֹֽק׃	va.Rok	and spittle	H7536 →

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 26:67
Then they spit in His face and struck Him. Others slapped Him
leads to
- John 18:22
  When Jesus had said this, one of the officers standing nearby slapped Him in the face and said, “Is this how You answer the high priest?”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 53:3
  He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.
- Matthew 27:30
  Then they spit on Him and took the staff and struck Him on the head repeatedly.
Through
Mark 15:19
They kept striking His head with a staff and spitting on Him. And they knelt down and bowed before Him.
leads to
- Mark 14:65
  Then some of them began to spit on Him. They blindfolded Him, struck Him with their fists, and said to Him, “Prophesy!” And the officers received Him with slaps in His face.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Mark 14:65
Then some of them began to spit on Him. They blindfolded Him, struck Him with their fists, and said to Him, “Prophesy!” And the officers received Him with slaps in His face.
leads to
- Matthew 26:67–68
  Then they spit in His face and struck Him. Others slapped Him
- Acts 23:2
  At this, the high priest Ananias ordered those standing near Paul to strike him on the mouth.
- John 19:3
  And they went up to Him again and again, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and slapping Him in the face.
Through
Matthew 27:30
Then they spit on Him and took the staff and struck Him on the head repeatedly.
leads to
- Matthew 26:67
  Then they spit in His face and struck Him. Others slapped Him

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Where the connections lead

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About Isaiah