Yuēhànfúyīn 19:3

3 Yòu āijìn tā shuō , gōngxǐ Yóutaìrén de wáng a . tāmen jiù yòng shǒuzhǎng dǎ tā .

Yuēhànfúyīn 19:3 Meaning and Commentary

John 19:3

And said, hail, King of the Jews!
&c.] Some copies before this clause read, "and they came unto him"; and so read the Vulgate Latin, Arabic, Coptic, and Ethiopic versions; that is, they came and prostrated themselves before him; bowed the knee unto him, and addressed him in a mock way, as if he was an earthly monarch just come to his crown, and whom they wished long to live; thus mocking at his kingly office, and despising him under that character, as many do now: some will not have him to reign over them, but reject him as King; and others, though in words they own him to be King, yet disregard his commands, and act no better part than these scoffing soldiers did:

and they smote him with their hands:
upon his cheeks, as the Syriac version reads it. These, and many other affronts they gave him; in all which they were indulged by Pilate, and was a pleasing scene to the wicked Jews, whose relentless hearts were not in the least moved hereby, though Pilate hoped they would; and which was his view in allowing the soldiers to use such incivilities and indecencies to him.

Yuēhànfúyīn 19:3 In-Context

1 Dāngxià Bǐlāduō jiāng Yēsū biāndǎ le .

2 Bīng dīng yòng jīngjí biān zuò guānmiǎn , daì zaì tā tóu shǎng , gĕi tā chuān shǎng zǐ paó .

3 Yòu āijìn tā shuō , gōngxǐ Yóutaìrén de wáng a . tāmen jiù yòng shǒuzhǎng dǎ tā .

4 Bǐlāduō yòu chūlai duì zhòngrén shuō , wǒ daì tā chūlai jiàn nǐmen , jiào nǐmen zhīdào wǒ chá bù chū tā yǒu shénme zuì lái .

5 Yēsū chūlai , daì zhe jīngjí guānmiǎn , chuān zhe zǐ paó . Bǐlāduō duì tāmen shuō , nǐmen kān zhège rén .