Luke 22:63

The Guards Mock Jesus

63 The men who were guarding Jesus began mocking and beating him.

Luke 22:63 in Other Translations

63 And the men that held Jesus mocked him, and smote him.

63 Now the men who were holding Jesus in custody were mocking him as they beat him.

63 The guards in charge of Jesus began mocking and beating him.

63 The men in charge of Jesus began poking fun at him, slapping him around.

63 And the men that held [Jesus] mocked him, and beat him.

63 The men who were guarding Jesus made fun of him as they beat him.

63 The men who were holding Jesus started mocking and beating Him.

63 There were men guarding Jesus. They began laughing at him and beating him.

Luke 22:63 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 22:63

And the men that held Jesus
Whilst he was before the sanhedrim; and were either the Roman soldiers, or the servants of the high priest, who kept hold of him all the while, lest he should get away; though there was no reason for it; his time was come, nor would he escape out of their hands, though he could easily have rescued himself: mocked him;
insulted him, and gave him very opprobrious language, and used him in a very scurrilous way, and even spit upon him; and smote him.
This clause is left out in the Syriac, Arabic, and Persic versions; the word used, signifies plucking off the skin; they pinched him, and tore off his flesh with their nails; they plucked the hairs of his beard, and the skin of his cheeks along with them, and so fulfilled ( Isaiah 50:6 ) .

Luke 22:63 In-Context

61 The Lord turned and looked straight at Peter. Then Peter remembered the word the Lord had spoken to him: “Before the rooster crows today, you will disown me three times.”

62 And he went outside and wept bitterly.

63 The men who were guarding Jesus began mocking and beating him.

64 They blindfolded him and demanded, “Prophesy! Who hit you?”

65 And they said many other insulting things to him.