Matthew 26:67

American Standard Version (1901)

Then did they spit in his face and buffet him: and some smote him with the palms of their hands,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Τότε ἐνέπτυσαν εἰς τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐκολάφισαν αὐτόν· οἱ δὲ ἐρράπισαν,

Transliteration

Tote eneptysan into the prosōpon of him, and ekolaphisan him; the de errapisan,

Grammar Details

• *Tote*: temporal adverb - then
• *eneptysan*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural - they spat
• *prosōpon*: accusative neuter singular - face
• *ekolaphisan*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural - they struck with fists
• *de*: postpositive conjunction - and/but
• *errapisan*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural - they slapped

Word Meanings

• *eneptysan*: spat/spit (sign of contempt)
• *prosōpon*: face/countenance
• *ekolaphisan*: struck with fists/beat
• *errapisan*: slapped/struck with open hands

Referenced Verses

• Isa 50:6 : 6 I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair; I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
• Matt 27:30 : 30 And they spat upon him, and took the reed and smote him on the head.
• John 18:22 : 22 And when he had said this, one of the officers standing by struck Jesus with his hand, saying, Answerest thou the high priest so?
• Isa 52:14 : 14 Like as many were astonished at thee (his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men),
• Isa 53:3 : 3 He was despised, and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and as one from whom men hide their face he was despised; and we esteemed him not.
• Matt 5:39 : 39 but I say unto you, resist not him that is evil: but whosoever smiteth thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
• Jer 20:2 : 2 Then Pashhur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the upper gate of Benjamin, which was in the house of Jehovah.
• Lam 3:30 : 30 Let him give his cheek to him that smiteth him; let him be filled full with reproach.
• Lam 3:45 : 45 Thou hast made us an off-scouring and refuse in the midst of the peoples.
• Mic 5:1 : 1 Now shalt thou gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us; they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.
• Num 12:14 : 14 And Jehovah said unto Moses, If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? let her be shut up without the camp seven days, and after that she shall be brought in again.
• Deut 25:9 : 9 then shall his brother's wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face; and she shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto the man that doth not build up his brother's house.
• 1 Kgs 22:24 : 24 Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of Jehovah from me to speak unto thee?
• Job 30:9-9 : 9 And now I am become their song, Yea, I am a byword unto them. 10 They abhor me, they stand aloof from me, And spare not to spit in my face. 11 For he hath loosed his cord, and afflicted me; And they have cast off the bridle before me.
• John 19:3 : 3 and they came unto him, and said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they struck him with their hands.
• Acts 23:2-3 : 2 And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth. 3 Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: and sittest thou to judge me according to the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?
• 1 Cor 4:13 : 13 being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things, even until now.
• 2 Cor 11:20-21 : 20 For ye bear with a man, if he bringeth you into bondage, if he devoureth you, if he taketh you [captive], if he exalteth himself, if he smiteth you on the face. 21 I speak by way of disparagement, as though we had been weak. Yet whereinsoever any is bold (I speak in foolishness), I am bold also.
• Heb 12:2 : 2 looking unto Jesus the author and perfecter of [our] faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising shame, and hath sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
• Mark 10:34 : 34 and they shall mock him, and shall spit upon him, and shall scourge him, and shall kill him; and after three days he shall rise again.
• Mark 14:65 : 65 And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the officers received him with blows of their hands.
• Mark 15:19 : 19 And they smote his head with a reed, and spat upon him, and bowing their knees worshipped him.
• Luke 22:63-65 : 63 And the men that held [Jesus] mocked him, and beat him. 64 And they blindfolded him, and asked him, saying, Prophesy: who is he that struck thee? 65 And many other things spake they against him, reviling him.