Matthew 26:68

Saying, Prophesy unto us, thou Christ, Who is he that smote thee?

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
Saying	λέγοντες· legontes	G3004	properly · verb — present active participle, nominative plural masculine
Prophesy	προφήτευσον prophēteuson	G4395	to foretell events · verb — aorist active imperative, 2nd person singular
us	ἡμῖν hēmîn	G2254	to (or for
Christ	χριστέ, christe	G5547	anointed · noun — vocative singular masculine, a title
Who	τίς tis	G5101	an interrogative pronoun · interrogative pronoun — nominative singular masculine
he	ἐστί estí	G2076	he (she or it) is
smote	παίσας paisas	G3817	to hit (as if by a single blow and less violently than… · verb — aorist active participle, nominative singular masculine
thee	σέ sé	G4571	thee

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Cross-references

Luke 22:63-65 And the men that held Jesus mocked him, and smote him.
Mark 14:65 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…
1 Peter 2:4-8 To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,
Genesis 37:19-20 And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.
Judges 16:25 And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson ou…
Matthew 27:28-29 And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.
Matthew 27:39-44 And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,
Mark 15:18-19 And began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews!

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Commentary

John Gill on Matthew 26:68

Saying, prophesy unto us, thou Christ,.... Not that they owned him to be the Messiah; but because he asserted himself to be the Messiah, and his followers believed in him as such, they call him so; and in an ironical and sarcastic way, call upon him to divine, and tell them who the persons were, that used him in this manner; suggesting, that if he was the Christ, or Messiah, he would know all things, and what were done to him: who is he that smote thee? for they had covered his face, or blindfolded him, as the other Evangelists say, Mark 14:65, and then bid him tell them who smote him last. Christ did not think fit to give them an answer to this question, but he will let them know hereafter…

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John Calvin on Matthew 26:62-68

Matthew 26:62-68 Matthew 26:62-68 Mark 14:60-65 Luke 22:63-71 62. And the high priest, rising up, said to him, [227] Answerest thou nothing? What is it that those men testify against thee? 63. And Jesus was silent. And the high priest answering said to him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us if thou art the Christ, the Son of God. 64. Jesus saith to him, Thou hast said it; but yet I tell you, hereafter you shall see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. 65. Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath blasphemed; what further need have we of witnesses? lo now you have heard his blasphemy. 66. What think you? And t…

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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Matthew 26:67-68

Such abuse fulfills Isa 50:6; 53:4-9 and Jesus’ own predictions (Matt 16:21; 17:22-23; 20:18-19; 26:2; see also Mark 14:65).

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The Church Fathers

But it would have been foolish to have answered them that smote Him, and to have declared the smiter, seeing that in their madness they seem to have struck Him openly.
— Jerome ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

(Verse 68.) But others slapped his face and said: Prophesy to us, Christ, who is it that struck you? It would have been foolish to respond to those who were beating him and to prophesy about the one who was striking him, since it would seem like madness to openly predict someone who was already striking. But just as he did not prophesy this to you, so he prophesied very clearly that Jerusalem would be surrounded by an army and not a single stone would be left upon another in the temple.
— Jerome, Commentary on Matthew

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Dictionary and topics

Annas — Was high priest A.D. 7-14. In A.D. 25 Caiaphas, who had married the daughter of Annas (John 18:13), was raised to that office, and probably Annas was now made president of the Sanhedrim, or deputy or…
Humiliation of Christ — (Phil. 2:8), seen in (1) his birth (Gal. 4:4; Luke 2:7; John 1:46; Heb. 2:9), (2) his circumstances, (3) his reputation (Isa. 53; Matt. 26:59, 67; Ps. 22:6; Matt. 26:68), (4) his soul (Ps. 22:1;…
Court · .COMPOSITION OF, AND MO — .COMPOSITION OF, AND MO
Mocking · The persecutors of Jesus mock him — The persecutors of Jesus mock him
Prisoners · Jesus — Jesus

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).