And the people stood by, looking on. And even the rulers were sneering at Him, saying, “He saved others; let Him save Himself if this is the Christ of God, His Chosen One.”

They have smitten

Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near and struck Micaiah on the cheek and said, “How did the Spirit of the Lord pass from me to speak to you?”

I gave My back to those who strike Me,
And My cheeks to those who pluck out the beard;
I did not cover My face from humiliation and spitting.

Let him give his cheek to the smiter,
Let him be filled with reproach.

“Now muster yourselves in troops, daughter of troops;

They have laid siege against us;

With a rod they will smite the judge of Israel on the cheek.

Then they spat in His face and beat Him with their fists; and others slapped Him,

When He had said this, one of the officers standing nearby struck Jesus, saying, “Is that the way You answer the high priest?”

The high priest Ananias commanded those standing beside him to strike him on the mouth.

For you tolerate it if anyone enslaves you, anyone devours you, anyone takes advantage of you, anyone exalts himself, anyone hits you in the face.

Gathered

But at my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered themselves together;
The

smiters whom I did not know gathered together against me,

They

slandered me without ceasing.

They band themselves together against the life of the righteous
And condemn the innocent to death.

For truly in this city there were gathered together against Your holy

servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel,