Mark 14:65

The Passion Translation

Then they spat on his face and blindfolded him. Others struck him over and over with their fists and taunted him by saying, “Prophesy to us! Tell us which one of us is about to hit you next?” And the guards took him and beat him.

Cross References

Isaiah 50:6

I offered my back to those who flogged me and my cheek to those who tore out my beard. I never hid my face from demeaning insults or from those who spit on me.

Isaiah 52:14

Just as many were appalled at the sight of him (for so marred was his appearance, like an object of horror; he no longer looked like a man),

Isaiah 53:3

He was despised and rejected by men, a man of deep sorrows who was no stranger to suffering and grief. We hid our faces from him in disgust and considered him a nobody, not worthy of respect.

Matthew 27:30

Then they spat in his face and took the reed staff from his hand and hit him repeatedly on his head, driving the crown of thorns deeper.

Mark 10:34

And they will mock him, spit in his face, torture him, and kill him, but three days later he will rise again.”

Mark 15:19

They spit in his face and hit him repeatedly on his head with a reed staff, driving the crown of thorns deep into his brow. They knelt down before him in mockery, pretending to pay him homage.

John 18:22

Just then one of the guards standing near Jesus punched him in the face with his fist and said, “How dare you answer the high priest like that!”

John 19:3

Then, one by one, they came in front of him to mock him by saying, “Hail, to the king of the Jews!” And one after the other, they repeatedly punched him in the face.

Acts 23:2

At that moment, Ananias the high priest ordered those standing near Paul to strike him in the mouth.

Hebrews 12:2

We look away from the natural realm and we focus our attention and expectation onto Jesus who birthed faith within us and who leads us forward into faith’s perfection. His example is this: Because his heart was focused on the joy of knowing that you would be his, he endured the agony of the cross and conquered its humiliation, and now sits exalted at the right hand of the throne of God!