Thematic Bible: Sometimes treated with insult
Thematic Bible
Courts of justice » The accused » Sometimes treated with insult
Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and some struck him with the palms of their hands, and cried.
Verse Concepts
When he had spoken these words, one of the police standing by gave him a blow with his hand, saying as he did so, "Is that the way you answer the high priest?" Jesus replied "If I have said anything wrong, give evidence concerning the wrong; but if I said what was true, why do you strike me?"