John 18:22 (WEB)
When he had said this, one of the officers standing by slapped Jesus with his hand, saying, “Do you answer the high priest like that?”
Fathers and councils · 14
Cyprian of Carthage
“…in the time of His passion, He had received a buffet from a servant of the priest, and the servant said to Him, “Answerest thou the high priest so?” the Lord said nothing reproachfully against the high priest, nor detracted anything from the priest’s honour; but rather asserting His own innocence, and…” — editor's note: John xviii. 22.
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Augustine of Hippo
“And in this way we see how it came about that Peter also got inside, and was within the hall, as the other evangelists mention.” — editor's note: [It is implied here that the denials of Peter took place in the house of Annas, and also that Matthew and Mark, in their account of the night examination,…
Read the whole comment“Now as an example of patience can none be found than that of the Lord Himself more potent and excellent; but He, when smitten on the cheek, said not, Behold here is the other cheek, but He said, “If I have spoken ill, bear witness of the evil; but if well, why smitest thou Me?”” — editor's note: John xviii. 22, 23
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John Chrysostom
“Ver.” — the author cites it
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Jerome
“By a threefold confession Peter blotted out his threefold denial.” — editor's note: Joh. xviii. 15–27; xxi. 15–17.
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Catena Aurea on John
- Theophylact of OhridCatena Aurea on John
When Jesus had appealed to the testimony of the people by, an officer, wishing to clear himself, and shew that he was not one of those who admired our Lord, struck Him: And when He had thus spoken, one of the…
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This shews that Annas was the high priest, for this was before He was sent to Caiaphas. And Luke in the beginning of his Gospel says, that Annas and Caiaphas were both high priests.
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Here is fulfilled the prophecy, I gave my cheek to the smiters. Jesus, though struck unjustly, replied gently: Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil: but if well, why smitest thou Me?
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As if to say, If thou hast any fault to find with what I have said, shew it; if thou hast not, why ragest thou? Or thus: If I taught any thing unadvisedly, when I taught in the synagogues, give proof of it to the…
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What can be truer, gentler, kinder, than this answer? He Who received the blow on the face neither wished for him who struck it that fire from heaven should consume him, or the earth open its mouth and swallow him;…
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What should they do then but either disprove, or admit, what He said? Yet this they do not do: it is not a trial they are carrying on, but a faction, a tyranny. Not knowing what to do further, they send Him to…
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Thinking that as he was more cunning, he might find out something against Him worthy of death.
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He was the one to whom they were taking Him from the first, as Matthew says; he being the high priest of this year. We must understand that the pontificate was taken between them year by year alternately, and that it…
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Sent Him bound, not that He was bound now for the first time, for they bound Him when they took Him. They sent Him bound as they had brought Him. Or perhaps He may have been loosed from His bonds for that hour, in…
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Cross-references · 2
Cited together in On Lying Chapter 27.
Cited together in On Lying Chapter 27.