⁶⁷ Then they spat in his face and struck him, and some slapped him,^(A)

¹⁹ They struck his head with a reed, spat upon him, and knelt down in homage to him.

⁶⁵ Some began to spit on him, to blindfold him, and to strike him, saying to him, “Prophesy!” The guards also took him and beat him.^(A)

The Mocking and Beating of Jesus

⁶³ Now the men who were holding Jesus^[a] began to mock him and beat him;^{(A) 64} they also blindfolded him and kept asking him, “Prophesy! Who is it who struck you?”

³⁰ They spat on him and took the reed and struck him on the head.^(A)

²² When he had said this, one of the police standing nearby struck Jesus on the face, saying, “Is that how you answer the high priest?”^(A)

² looking to Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith, who for the sake of^[a] the joy that was set before him endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God.^(A)