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saying, "Prophesy to us, you Christ! Who hit you?"
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A Cruel Test
Commentators explain that Jesus was likely blindfolded when his captors taunted him to "prophesy" who had struck him. This wasn't random abuse; it was a sarcastic test of his messianic claims. They were mocking his supposed divine knowledge, suggesting that if he were truly the Christ, he would know the identity of his unseen attackers.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Saying, Prophesy to us, etc. Mark informs us that before they said this, they had blindfolded him. Having prevented him from seeing, they …
Thou Christ (Χριστε). With definite sneer at his claims under oath in 26:63. With uncontrolled glee and abandon like a lot of hood…
19th Century
Anglican
Prophesy unto us, thou Christ—The words derived their point from the fact recorded by St. Mark (Mark 14:65), that the …
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Baptist
They answered and said, He is guilty of death. Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him with the palms of their h…
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 …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Saying, prophesy to us, you Christ Not that they owned him to be the Messiah; but because he asserted himself to be …
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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…
13th Century
Catholic
This section discusses Christ’s arrest; now, it discusses where He would be led, describing the place and those gathered there. He says, therefore:…
