Blindfolded (περικαλυψαντες). First aorist active participle of περικαλυπτω, old verb, to put a veil around. In the N.T. only here…

Prophesy, who is it that smote thee?—On the popular view of the lower form of Judaism that identified prophecy with clair…

And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And Peter went out, and w…

St. Augustine of Hippo: The temptation of Peter, which occurred during the mocking of our Lord, is not related by all the Evange…

This incident of Jesus’ being mocked and beaten is put in a position of sharp contrast between Jesus’ sufferings and Peter’s attempt to avoid any i…

And when they had blindfolded him
Or put a veil, or linen cloth over his eyes, as children do at play, to make thems…

Those who condemned Jesus as a blasphemer were the vilest blasphemers. He referred them to His second coming for the full proof of His being the Ch…