Matthew 26:67

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others 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 spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head.
• John 18:22 : 22 And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest thou the high priest so?
• Isa 52:14 : 14 As many were astonied 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 is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were [our] faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
• Matt 5:39 : 39 ‹But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.›
• Jer 20:2 : 2 Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that [were] in the high gate of Benjamin, which [was] by the house of the LORD.
• Lam 3:30 : 30 He giveth [his] cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.
• Lam 3:45 : 45 Thou hast made us [as] the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people.
• Mic 5:1 : 1 ¶ Now 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 the LORD said unto Moses, If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? let her be shut out from the camp seven days, and after that let her be received 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 shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his brother's house.
• 1 Kgs 22:24 : 24 But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee?
• Job 30:9-9 : 9 And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword. 10 They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face. 11 Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me.
• John 19:3 : 3 And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote 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: for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?
• 1 Cor 4:13 : 13 Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, [and are] the offscouring of all things unto this day.
• 2 Cor 11:20-21 : 20 For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour [you], if a man take [of you], if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the face. 21 I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also.
• Heb 12:2 : 2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of [our] faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
• Mark 10:34 : 34 ‹And they shall mock him, and shall scourge him, and shall spit upon him, and shall kill him: and the third day 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 servants did strike him with the palms of their hands.
• Mark 15:19 : 19 And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing [their] knees worshipped him.
• Luke 22:63-65 : 63 ¶ And the men that held Jesus mocked him, and smote [him]. 64 And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face, and asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote thee? 65 And many other things blasphemously spake they against him.