Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And all the people that came together to that sight, beholding the things which were done, smote their breasts, and returned.
Smote
Bible References
Smote
Luke 18:13
But the tax collector stood at a distance [i.e., inconspicuously] and would not even look up to heaven, but struck his chest [i.e., in remorse], saying, 'God, [please] have mercy on a sinner like me.'
Acts 2:37
Now when the people heard this message [of Peter and the other apostles, See verse 14], they were convicted [of its truth] in their hearts and said to Peter and the other apostles, "Brothers, what shall we do [about our condemned condition]?"