One of the officers.. struck Jesus.

This is the first blow that was laid upon him "by whose stripes we are healed." The word rendered "palm of the hand" is "rod" in the margin, which is probably the meaning. The officer,. courtier, was not accustomed to hear. prisoner, in plain and independent language, stand upon his rights, and hence insolently struck the prisoner, and exclaimed, as though to justify the act, "Answerest thou the high priest so?"

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