τινες : presumably Sanhedrists. περικαλύπτειν : Mt. says nothing of this, but he as well as Mk. represents them as asking Jesus to prophesy. Mt.'s version implies that Jesus was struck from behind, Mk.'s in front. οἱ ὑπηρέται : following the example of their masters. ῥαπίσμασιν αὐτὸν ἔλαβον, received Him with slaps of the open hand: a phrase recalling the Latin, accipere aliquem verberibus.

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Old Testament