They spit in his face. This, among the Jews, as among us, signified the highest contempt and insult (Numbers 12:14; [Reference…

Then they spit in his face — We learn from Mark 14:65 and Luke 22:63 that these acts of outrage were committed not by the members …

Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard his …

St. John Chrysostom: When the Chief Priests were assembled, this gathering of thugs tried to give their conspiracy the appeara…

The messianic claims of the accused do not impress the Sanhedrin, and the indignities to which Jesus is now subjected are probably meant to deride …

Then did they spit in his face
Not the judges, the members of the sanhedrim, but the servants of the high priest, an…

Jesus was hurried into Jerusalem. It looks ill, and bodes worse, when those who are willing to be Christ's disciples are not willing to be known as…

This section discu es Christ’s arrest; now, it discu es where He would be led, describing the place and those gathered there. He says, therefore: <…