John Trapp Complete Commentary - Luke 22:65
64 And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face, and asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote thee? 65 And many other things blasphemously spake they against him. Ver. 65. And many other things ] Shooting their sharpest arrows at him, even bearded arrows, which being once got into the flesh, cannot easily be pulled out but by tearing the flesh round about: and far worse than those shot by the Turks at the crucifix, when they sacked Constantinople, railing also, and... read more
John Trapp Complete Commentary - Luke 22:63
63 And the men that held Jesus mocked him, and smote him . Ver. 63. See Matthew 26:27 ; Mark 14:65 ; John 18:22 ; Isaiah 50:6 . They scoffed him, not so much with their tongues as hands; plucking his beard, and pulling away hair and skin too, as the word δερειν importeth. read more