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.
KJV
Corpus meum dedi percutientibus, et genas meas vellentibus ; faciem meam non averti ab increpantibus et conspuentibus in me.
Vulgate
τὸν νῶτόν μου ἔδωκα εἰς μάστιγας, τὰς δὲ σιαγόνας μου εἰς ῥαπίσματα, τὸ δὲ πρόσωπόν μου οὐκ ἀπέστρεψα ἀπὸ αἰσχύνης ἐμπτυσμάτων,
LXX
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.
ASV
גֵּוִ/י֙ נָתַ֣תִּי לְ/מַכִּ֔ים וּ/לְחָיַ֖/י לְ/מֹֽרְטִ֑ים פָּנַ/י֙ לֹ֣א הִסְתַּ֔רְתִּי מִ/כְּלִמּ֖וֹת וָ/רֹֽק
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
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Intertextual echoes
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Matt 26:67 · adapted"Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him with the palms of their hands,"Isaiah: I gave my back to the smiters — adapted at Jesus' trial
Themes
Prophecy
Historic Christian voices
6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Whosoever confesses that one God is the author of both Testaments, and diligently reads the Scriptures in company with the presbyters of the Church, is a true spiritual disciple; and he will rightly understand and interpret all that the prophets have declared respecting Christ and the liberty of the New Testament. 1. A spiritual disciple of this sort truly receiving the Spirit …
For to this end the Lord endured to deliver up His flesh to corruption, that we might be sanctified through the remission of sins, which is effected by His blood of sprinkling. For it is written concerning Him, partly with reference to Israel, and partly to us: "He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities."
And when the Spirit of prophecy speaks from the person of Christ, the utterances are of this sort: I have spread out My hands to a disobedient and gainsaying people, to those who walk in a way that is not good. Isaiah 65:2 And again: I gave My back to the scourges, and My cheeks to the buffetings; I turned not away My face from the shame of spittings; and the Lord was My helper…
For the prophets did not simply prophesy concerning Christ in general terms, but they foretold even the manner of His death, and the events of His Passion. Isaiah says: '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.' See Isa. l. 6. And: 'He was led as a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before his …
Cross-references
- 2Cor 11:20 — For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the face.
- Acts 3:18 — But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.
- Deut 25:9 — Then shall his brother’s wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that
- Heb 12:2 — Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
- Heb 12:2 — Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
- Isa 49:7 — Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worshi
- Isa 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:
- Isa 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.
- Isa 53:5 — But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
- Job 16:10 — They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
- Job 30:10 — They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face.
- John 16:32 — Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
- 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?
- John 19:1 — Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him.
- Lam 3:30 — He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.
- Lam 3:30 — He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.
- Luke 6:29 — And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloak forbid not to take thy coat also.
- Luke 18:32 — For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on:
- Luke 22:63 — And the men that held Jesus mocked him, and smote him.
- Luke 24:27 — And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
- Luke 24:46 — And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:
- Mark 9:12 — And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought.
- Mark 10:34 — And they shall mock him, and shall scourge him, and shall spit upon him, and shall kill him: and the third day he shall rise again.
- 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 — 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 15:15 — And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified.
- Mark 15:19 — And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing their knees worshipped him.
- Matt 5:39 — But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
- Matt 5:39 — But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
- Matt 26:67 — Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him with the palms of their hands,
- Matt 26:67 — Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him with the palms of their hands,
- Matt 27:26 — Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.
- Matt 27:26 — Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.
- Matt 27:30 — And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head.
- Matt 27:30 — And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head.
- Neh 13:25 — And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their
- Num 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.
- Ps 22:24 — For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.
- Ps 69:7 — Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.