Mark 14 · Verse 65

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 the palms of their hands.
Mark 14:65, King James Version

Mark 14:65 in other translations

BSBThen some of them began to spit on Him. They blindfolded Him, struck Him with their fists, and said to Him, “Prophesy!” And the officers received Him with slaps in His face.
WEBSome began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to beat him with fists, and to tell him, “Prophesy!” The officers struck him with the palms of their hands.
ASVAnd some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the officers received him with blows of their hands.
YLTand certain began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say to him, ‘Prophesy;' and the officers were striking him with their palms.
DARBYAnd some began to spit upon him, and cover up his face, and buffet him, and say to him, Prophesy; and the officers struck him with the palms of their hands.
BBEAnd some put shame on him and, covering his face, gave him blows and said to him, Now say what is to come: and the captains took him and gave him blows with their hands.
WebsterAnd some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say to him, Prophesy: and the servants struck him with the palms of their hands.

What does Mark 14:65 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
65. And some began to spit on him--or, as in Mt 26:67, "to spit in [into] His face." Luke (Lu 22:63) says in addition, "And the men that held Jesus mocked him"--or cast their jeers at Him. (Also see on Joh 18:28.) to cover his face--or "to blindfold him" (as in Lu 22:64). to buffet him--Luke's word, which is rendered "smote Him" (Lu 22:63), is a stronger one, conveying an idea for which we have an exact equivalent in English, but one too colloquial to be inserted here. began to say unto him, Prophesy--In Matthew (Mt 26:68) this is given more fully: "Prophesy unto us, thou Christ, Who is he that smote Thee?" The sarcastic fling at Him as "the Christ," and the demand of Him in this character to name the unseen perpetrator of the blows inflicted on Him, was in them as infamous as to Him it must have been, and was intended to be, stinging. and the servants did strike him with the palms of their hands--or "struck Him on the face" (Lu 22:64). Ah! Well did He say prophetically, in that Messianic prediction which we have often referred to, "I gave My back to the smiters, and My cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not My face from shame and spitting!" (Is 50:6). "And many other things blasphemously spake they against Him" (Lu 22:65). This general statement is important, as showing that virulent and varied as were the recorded affronts put upon Him, they are but a small specimen of what He endured on that dark occasion. Peter's First Denial of His Lord (Mr 14:66-68).

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Barnes' Notes
Verse 65.

(p) "spit on him" Isa 1:6, Mk 15:19

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Mark 14:53-65

We have here Christ's condemnation before the great council of the Jews. Peter followed; but the high priest's fire-side was no proper place, nor his servants proper company, for Peter: it was an entrance into temptation. Great diligence was used to procure false witnesses against Jesus, yet their testimony was not equal to the charge of a capital crime, by the utmost stretch of their law. He was asked, Art thou the…

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Mark 14:65 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

καὶkaiAndG2532
ἤρξαντόērxantobeganG757
τινεςtinessomeG5100
ἐμπτύεινemptueinto spitG1716
αὐτῷautōupon HimG846
καὶkaiandG2532
περικαλύπτεινperikalupteinto cover upG4028
αὐτοῦautouof HimG846
τὸtotheG3588
πρόσωπονprosōponfaceG4383
καὶkaiandG2532
κολαφίζεινkolaphizeinto strikeG2852
αὐτὸνautonHimG846
καὶkaiandG2532
λέγεινlegeinto sayG3004
αὐτῷ·autōto Him;G846
προφήτευσον,prophēteusondo prophesyG4395
καὶkaiAndG2532
οἱhoitheG3588
ὑπηρέταιhupēretaiofficersG5257
ῥαπίσμασινrhapismasinwith the palmsG4475
αὐτὸνautonHimG846
ἔλαβον.¶elabonreceived.G2983

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Cross references for Mark 14:65

  • Matthew 26:67-68

    Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him with the palms of their hands, Saying, Prophesy unto us, thou Christ, Who is he that smote thee?

  • Acts 23:2

    And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth.

  • Luke 22:63-64

    And the men that held Jesus mocked him, and smote him. And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face, and asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote thee?

  • John 19:3

    And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands.

  • Isaiah 50:6

    I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.

  • Isaiah 52:14

    As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:

  • Mark 15:19

    And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing their knees worshipped him.

  • Esther 7:8

    Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before me in the house? As the word went out of the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.

  • Isaiah 53:3

    He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

  • Job 30:10

    They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face.

  • John 18:22

    And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest thou the high priest so?

  • Numbers 12:14

    And the Lord said unto Moses, If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? let her be shut out from the camp seven days, and after that let her be received in again.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
15:19; Nu 12:14; Job 30:10; Isa 50:6; 52:14; 53:3; Mic 5:1
Mt 26:67,68; Lu 22:63,64; Joh 18:22; 19:3; Ac 23:2; Heb 12:2

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Context

  • Mark 14:64

    Ye have heard the blasphemy: what think ye? And they all condemned him to be guilty of death.

  • 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 the palms of their hands.

  • Mark 14:66

    And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there cometh one of the maids of the high priest:

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Mark 14:65 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y algunos comenzaron á escupir en él, y cubrir su rostro, y á darle bofetadas, y decirle: Profetiza. Y los servidores le herían de bofetadas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et quelques-uns se mirent à cracher contre lui, et à lui couvrir le visage, et à lui donner des soufflets, et à lui dire: Prophétise. Et les huissiers le frappaient de leurs mains.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und etliche fingen an, ihn anzuspeien, und sein Angesicht zu verhüllen und ihn mit Fäusten zu schlagen und zu ihm zu sagen: Weissage! und die Diener gaben ihm Backenstreiche.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et cœperunt quidam conspuere eum, et velare faciem ejus, et colaphis eum cædere, et dicere ei: Prophetiza: et ministri alapis eum cædebant.