Matthew 26:67
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67 Then they spat in his face and struck him, and some slapped him,(A)
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Isaiah 50:6
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6 I gave my back to those who struck me
and my cheeks to those who pulled out the beard;
I did not hide my face
from insult and spitting.(A)
Isaiah 53:3
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3 He was despised and rejected by others;
a man of suffering[a] and acquainted with infirmity,
and as one from whom others hide their faces[b]
he was despised, and we held him of no account.(A)
John 18:22
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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)
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Matthew 27:30
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30 They spat on him and took the reed and struck him on the head.(A)
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Mark 14:65
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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)
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Matthew 5:39
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39 But I say to you: Do not resist an evildoer. But if anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other also,(A)
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Isaiah 52:14
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14 Just as there were many who were astonished at him[a]
—so marred was his appearance, beyond human semblance,
and his form beyond that of mortals—(A)
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- 52.14 Syr Tg: Heb you
Hebrews 12:2
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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)
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- 12.2 Or who instead of
2 Corinthians 11:20-21
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20 For you put up with it when someone makes slaves of you or preys upon you or takes advantage of you or puts on airs or gives you a slap in the face. 21 To my shame, I must say, we were too weak for that!
But whatever anyone dares to boast of—I am speaking as a fool—I also dare to boast of that.(A)
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1 Corinthians 4:13
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13 when slandered, we speak kindly. We have become like the rubbish of the world, the dregs of all things, to this very day.
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Acts 23:2-3
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2 Then the high priest Ananias ordered those standing near him to strike him on the mouth.(A) 3 At this Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! Are you sitting there to judge me according to the law, and yet in violation of the law you order me to be struck?”(B)
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John 19:3
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3 They kept coming up to him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and striking him on the face.(A)
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Luke 22:63-65
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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?” 65 They kept heaping many other insults on him.
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- 22.63 Gk him
Mark 15:19
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19 They struck his head with a reed, spat upon him, and knelt down in homage to him.
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Mark 10:34
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34 they will mock him and spit upon him and flog him and kill him, and after three days he will rise again.”(A)
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Micah 5:1
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5 [a]Now you are walled around with a wall;[b]
siege is laid against us;
with a rod they strike the ruler of Israel
upon the cheek.(A)
Lamentations 3:45
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45 You have made us filth and rubbish
among the peoples.(A)
Lamentations 3:30
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30 to give one’s cheek to the smiter
and be filled with insults.(A)
Jeremiah 20:2
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2 Then Pashhur struck the prophet Jeremiah and put him in the stocks that were in the upper Benjamin Gate of the house of the Lord.(A)
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Job 30:9-11
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9 “And now they mock me in song;
I am a byword to them.(A)
10 They abhor me; they keep aloof from me;
they do not hesitate to spit at the sight of me.(B)
11 Because God has loosed my bowstring and humbled me,
they have cast off restraint in my presence.(C)
1 Kings 22:24
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24 Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah came up to Micaiah, slapped him on the cheek, and said, “Which way did the spirit of the Lord pass from me to speak to you?”(A)
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Deuteronomy 25:9
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9 then his brother’s wife shall go up to him in the presence of the elders, pull his sandal off his foot, spit in his face, and declare, ‘This is what is done to the man who does not build up his brother’s house.’(A)
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Numbers 12:14
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14 But the Lord said to Moses, “If her father had but spit in her face, would she not bear her shame for seven days? Let her be shut out of the camp for seven days, and after that she may be brought in again.”(A)
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