Mark 14:65 BSB — MannaFest

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.

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ASV

And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the officers received him with blows of their hands.

KJV

And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the servants did strike him with the palms of their hands.

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Commentary

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Cyprian

Treatise IX. On the Advantage of Patience 23 (258)

Who is this strange one who says that he had been silent before, but would not always be silent? Who is he who was led as a sheep to the slaughter and who, like a lamb without making a sound before its shearer, did not open his mouth? Who is he who did not cry out and whose voice was not heard in the streets? Surely it was he who was not stubborn and who did not murmur when he offered his back to the scourges and his cheeks to blows.

The record, by era

The Medieval Church1 voice

Pseudo-Jerome

Catena Aurea by Aquinas

They condemned Him to be guilty of death, that by His guiltiness He might absolve our guilt.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And some began to spit on him,.... The men that held him, Luk 22:6, fulfilling the prophecy in Isa 50:6; and to cover his face; with a veil, or linen cloth, to blindfold: him, as a person unworthy to behold the light: or rather, in order to make sport with him: and to buffet him; with their double fists; and to say unto him, prophesy. The Arabic version adds, "unto us, O Christ, who it is that hath buffeted thee now?" that gave thee the last blow? and to the same purpose the Ethiopic.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Mark (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1857)

Solomon tells us in the book of Ecclesiastes, that one evil he has seen under the sun, is when "folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place." (Eccles. 10:6.) We can imagine no more complete illustration of his words than the state of things we have recorded in the passage before us. We see the Son of God, "in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge," arraigned as a malefactor before "the chief priests, and elders, and scribes."

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Original language & word study

23 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
ἤρξαντό	ērxanto	began	G757 →
τινες	tines	some	G5100 →
ἐμπτύειν	emptuein	to spit	G1716 →
αὐτῷ	autō	upon Him	G846 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
περικαλύπτειν	perikaluptein	to cover up	G4028 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	of Him	G846 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
πρόσωπον	prosōpon	face	G4383 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
κολαφίζειν	kolaphizein	to strike	G2852 →
αὐτὸν	auton	Him	G846 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
λέγειν	legein	to say	G3004 →
αὐτῷ·	autō	to Him;	G846 →
προφήτευσον,	prophēteuson	do prophesy	G4395 →
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
οἱ	hoi	the	G3588 →
ὑπηρέται	hupēretai	officers	G5257 →
ῥαπίσμασιν	rhapismasin	with the palms	G4475 →
αὐτὸν	auton	Him	G846 →
ἔλαβον.¶	elabon	received.	G2983 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

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
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.
leads to
- Matthew 26:67
  Then they spit in His face and struck Him. Others slapped Him
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Mark 15:19
  They kept striking His head with a staff and spitting on Him. And they knelt down and bowed before Him.
- Matthew 27:30
  Then they spit on Him and took the staff and struck Him on the head repeatedly.
- Luke 22:63–64
  The men who were holding Jesus began to mock Him and beat Him.
- Isaiah 53:5
  But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.
Through
Acts 23:2
At this, the high priest Ananias ordered those standing near Paul to strike him on the mouth.
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?”
- Acts 24:1
  Five days later the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and a lawyer named Tertullus, who presented to the governor their case against Paul.
Through
John 19:3
And they went up to Him again and again, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and slapping Him in the face.
leads to
- Matthew 27:29
  And they twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on His head. They put a staff in His right hand and knelt down before Him to mock Him, saying, “Hail, King of…

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06About Mark

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Mark