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.
Bible References
Smote
Luke 18:13
But the tax collector, standing far away, did not want even to raise his eyes to heaven, but was beating his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, a sinner!'
Jeremiah 31:19
For after my turning back I repented, and after coming to understand I struck [my] thigh. I was ashamed and also humiliated, because I bore the disgrace of my youth.'
Acts 2:37
Now [when they] heard [this], they were pierced to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, "What should we do, men [and] brothers?"