SEV Biblia, Chapter 26:67
Entonces le escupieron en su rostro, y le dieron de bofetadas; y otros le herían con las varas,
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Matthew 26:67
Verse 67. Then did they spit in his face] This was done as a mark of the most profound contempt. See Job xvi. 10; xxx. 10; Isa. l. 6; Micah v. 1. The judges now delivered him into the hands of the mob.
And buffeted him] Smote him with their fists, ekolafisan. This is the translation of Theophylact. kolafizein, says he, means, "to beat with the hand, the fingers being clenched. sugkamtomenwn twn daktulwn, or, to speak more briefly, to buffet with the fist." Smote him with the palms of their hands] errapisan. rapizw, says Suidas, means "pataxai thn gnaqon aplh th ceiri, to smite the cheek with the open hand." Thus they offered him indignity in all its various and vexatious forms. Insults of this kind are never forgiven by the world: Jesus not only takes no revenge, (though it be completely in his power,) but bears all with meekness, without even one word of reply.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 67. Then did they spit in his face , etc.] Not the judges, the members of the sanhedrim, but the servants of the high priest, and the officers that had Jesus in hold, and were the guard upon him; (see Luke 22:63), who seeing him condemned as guilty of death, thought they might insult him at pleasure, and use him in the most indecent and barbarous manner; and therefore, in a way of contempt, spit in his face; than which nothing was more reproachful and disgraceful: the Jews say, that he that spits before, or in the presence of his master, is guilty of death, so nauseous and filthy was it accounted; and how much more must it be so, to spit in the face of anyone? hereby a prophecy was fulfilled, ( Isaiah 50:6), I hid not my face from shame and spitting: and hereby, together with his sweat and blood, his visage was more marred than any mans, and his form than the sons of men: and buffeted him ; cuffed, or boxed him with their double fists: and others smote him, with the palms of their hands ; gave him many a slap on the face with their open hands, or struck him on the face with rods, as the word will bear to be rendered: they rapped him with the wands they had in their hands, and struck him on the head with the rods or staves they had with them; whereby was accomplished the prophecy, in ( Micah 5:1), they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek. This was very injurious treatment, the Jews themselves being witnesses; who have in their canons enjoined f1616 , that if a man strikes his neighbour with his double fist, he must give him a shekel; R. Judah says, on account of R. Jose the Galilean, a pound: if he gives him a slap of the face, he must pay him two hundred zuzims, or pence; and if with the back of his hand (which was accounted the more ignominious) four hundred zuzims: if he plucked him by his ear, or plucked off his hair, or spit, so as that the spittle came upon him, or took away his cloak he must pay four hundred zuzims, and all according to his honour or dignity.
All these indignities were done to Christ; (see Isaiah 50:6).
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 57-68 - Jesus was hurried into Jerusalem. It looks ill, and bodes worse, when those who are willing to be Christ's disciples, are not willing to be known to be so. Here began Peter's denying him: for to follow Chris afar off, is to begin to go back from him. It is more our concern to prepare for the end, whatever it may be, than curiously to ask what the end will be. The event is God's, but the duty is ours. Now the Scriptures were fulfilled, which said, False witnesses are risen u against me. Christ was accused, that we might not be condemned; and i at any time we suffer thus, let us remember we cannot expect to far better than our Master. When Christ was made sin for us, he was silent and left it to his blood to speak. Hitherto Jesus had seldom professe expressly to be the Christ, the Son of God; the tenor of his doctrin spoke it, and his miracles proved it; but now he would not omit to make an open confession of it. It would have looked like declining his sufferings. He thus confessed, as an example and encouragement to his followers, to confess him before men, whatever hazard they ran Disdain, cruel mocking, and abhorrence, are the sure portion of the disciple as they were of the Master, from such as would buffet an deride the Lord of glory. These things were exactly foretold in the fiftieth chapter of Isaiah. Let us confess Christ's name, and bear the reproach, and he will confess us before his Father's throne.
Greek Textus Receptus
τοτε 5119 ADV ενεπτυσαν 1716 5656 V-AAI-3P εις 1519 PREP το 3588 T-ASN προσωπον 4383 N-ASN αυτου 846 P-GSM και 2532 CONJ εκολαφισαν 2852 5656 V-AAI-3P αυτον 846 P-ASM οι 3588 T-NPM δε 1161 CONJ ερραπισαν 4474 5656 V-AAI-3P
Vincent's NT Word Studies
67. Buffet (ekolafisan). With the fist.Smote with the palms of their hands. All expressed by one word, ejrapisan, from rJapiv, a rod, and meaning to smite with rods, not with the palms. The same word is employed Matt. v. 39. It came to mean generally to strike.
