Luke 22:64

64 and [after] blindfolding him they repeatedly asked [him], saying, "Prophesy! Who is the one who struck you?"

Luke 22:64 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 22:64

And when they had blindfolded him
Or put a veil, or linen cloth over his eyes, as children do at play, to make themselves some sport with him:

they struck him on the face;
on that part of it which was not covered, either with their hands, or with rods:

and asked him, saying, prophesy, who is it that smote thee?
hereby deriding his prophetic office, and using such language as children do at blindman's buff; (See Gill on Matthew 26:68).

Luke 22:64 In-Context

62 And he went outside [and] wept bitterly.

63 And the men who were guarding him began to mock him [while] they beat [him],

64 and [after] blindfolding him they repeatedly asked [him], saying, "Prophesy! Who is the one who struck you?"

65 And they were saying many other [things] against him, reviling [him].

66 And when day came, the council of elders of the people gathered, both chief priests and scribes, and they led him away to their Sanhedrin,

Footnotes

• [a]. *Here "[after]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("blindfolding") which is understood as temporal
• [b]. *This imperfect verb is translated as iterative ("repeatedly asked")
• [c]. *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation