Matthew 26:67

World English Bible (2000)

Then they spit in his face and beat him with their fists, and some slapped him,

📖 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 strikers, and my cheeks to those who plucked off the hair; I didn't hide my face from shame and spitting.
• Matt 27:30 : 30 They spat on him, and took the reed and struck him on the head.
• John 18:22 : 22 When he had said this, one of the officers standing by slapped Jesus with his hand, saying, "Do you answer the high priest like that?"
• Isa 52:14 : 14 Like as many were astonished at you (his appearance was marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men),
• Isa 53:3 : 3 He was despised, and rejected by men; a man of suffering, and acquainted with disease. He was despised as one from whom men hide their face; and we didn't respect him.
• Matt 5:39 : 39 But I tell you, don't resist him who is evil; but whoever strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also.
• Jer 20:2 : 2 Then Pashhur struck Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the upper gate of Benjamin, which was in the house of Yahweh.
• Lam 3:30 : 30 Let him give his cheek to him who strikes him; let him be filled full with reproach.
• Lam 3:45 : 45 You have made us an off-scouring and refuse in the midst of the peoples.
• Mic 5:1 : 1 Now you shall gather yourself in troops, daughter of troops. He has laid siege against us. They will strike the judge of Israel with a rod on the cheek.
• Num 12:14 : 14 Yahweh said to Moses, "If her father had but spit in her face, shouldn't she be ashamed seven days? Let her be shut up outside of the camp seven days, and after that she shall be brought in again."
• Deut 25:9 : 9 then his brother's wife shall come to 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 to the man who does not build up his brother's house."
• 1 Kgs 22:24 : 24 Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and struck Micaiah on the cheek, and said, "Which way did the Spirit of Yahweh go from me to speak to you?"
• Job 30:9-9 : 9 "Now I have become their song. Yes, I am a byword to them. 10 They abhor me, they stand aloof from me, and don't hesitate to spit in my face. 11 For he has untied his cord, and afflicted me; and they have thrown off restraint before me.
• John 19:3 : 3 They kept saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!" and they kept slapping him.
• Acts 23:2-3 : 2 The high priest, Ananias, commanded those who stood by him to strike him on the mouth. 3 Then Paul said to him, "God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! Do you sit to judge me according to the law, and command me to be struck contrary to the law?"
• 1 Cor 4:13 : 13 Being defamed, we entreat. We are made as the filth of the world, the dirt wiped off by all, even until now.
• 2 Cor 11:20-21 : 20 For you bear with a man, if he brings you into bondage, if he devours you, if he takes you captive, if he exalts himself, if he strikes you on the face. 21 I speak by way of disparagement, as though we had been weak. Yet however any is bold (I speak in foolishness), I am bold also.
• Heb 12:2 : 2 looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
• Mark 10:34 : 34 They will mock him, spit on him, scourge him, and kill him. On the third day he will rise again."
• Mark 14:65 : 65 Some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to beat him with fists, and to tell him, "Prophesy!" The officers struck him with the palms of their hands.
• Mark 15:19 : 19 They struck his head with a reed, and spat on him, and bowing their knees, did homage to him.
• Luke 22:63-65 : 63 The men who held Jesus mocked him and beat him. 64 Having blindfolded him, they struck him on the face and asked him, "Prophesy! Who is the one who struck you?" 65 They spoke many other things against him, insulting him.