Then he said to them, "Come apart, yourselves, to a quiet spot, and rest a while." For there were many coming and going, and they could not get time even to eat.

who will mock him, spit upon him, flog him, and put him to death; and after three days he will rise again."

Then they all condemn him to be worthy of death. Some began to spit on him, and to blindfold him while striking him and saying, "Prophesy." The officers, too, received him into custody with blows.

For he recognized that it was through spite that the high priests had handed him over.