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.
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Gill's Exposition
I gave my back to the smiters,.... To Pontius Pilate, and those he ordered to scourge him, Mat 27:26.
and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair; of the beard; which, is painful, so a great…
Barnes' Notes
I gave my back to the smiters - I submitted willingly to be scourged, or whipped. This is one of the parts of this chapter which can be applied to no other one but the Messiah. There is not the…
Our Lord Jesus, having proved himself able to save, here shows himself as willing as he is able to save, here shows himself as willing as he is able. We suppose the prophet Isaiah to say something of…
Cambridge Bible
That persecutions were to be incurred in the performance of his work is already indicated in the last words of Isa 50:50; now the speaker declares his voluntary acquiescence in the hardships of his…
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