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? – John 18:22

…they shall smite the Judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek. – Micah 5:1

During this preliminary examination, our Lord suffered an outrage which needs a passing notice. When He had said, “Ask them that hear Me,” some over-officious person in the crowd struck Him in the face. The margin in John 18:22, very properly corrects our version, and renders the passage, “with a rod.” Now, considering that our blessed Lord suffered so much, this one little particular might seem unimportant, only it happens to be the subject of prophecy in the book of Micah (5:1), “They shall smite the Judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.” This smiting while under trial is peculiarly atrocious. To strike a man while he is pleading in his own defense, would surely be a violation of the laws even of barbarians.

But now the Court are all sitting; the members of the great Sanhedrim are all in their various places, and Christ is brought forth for the public trial before the highest ecclesiastical court; though it is, mark you, a foregone conclusion, that by hook or by crook they will find Him guilty. They scour the neighborhood for witnesses. There were fellows to be found in Jerusalem who were ready to be bought on either side; and, provided they were well paid, would swear to anything…Where men have made up their minds to hate Christ, they will hate Him without a cause. Oh! ye that are adversaries of Christ… know ye try to invent some excuse for your opposition to His holy religion; ye forge a hundred falsehoods; but ye know that your witness is not true, and your trial in conscience through which you pass the Savior, is but a mock one. Oh that ye were wise, and would understand Him to be what He is, and submit yourselves to Him now. ~ C.H. Spurgeon

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