And some began to spit at Him, and to cover His face, and to beat Him with a fist, and to say to Him, Prophesy! And the under- officers struck Him with slaps.
And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near and struck Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way did the Spirit of Jehovah cross from me to speak to you?
And the king returned out of the garden to the place of the banquet of wine. And Haman was falling on the couch on which Esther lay. And the king said, Will he also ravish the queen with me in the house? The word went from the king’s mouth, and they covered Haman’s face.
He is despised and abandoned of men, a Man of pains, and known of sickness, and as hiding our faces from Him, He being despised, and we did not value Him.
And Jehovah said to Moses, If spitting her father had but spat in her face, should she not be humiliated seven days? She shall be shut out seven days at the outside of the camp, and afterward she shall be brought in.
looking to the Author and Finisher of our faith, Jesus, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, “and has sat down at the right hand” of the throne of God.”