⁶⁷ Then they spit in his face and struck him with their fists.^(A) Others slapped him

⁶⁸ and said, “Prophesy to us, Messiah. Who hit you?”^(A)

³⁴ who will mock him and spit on him, flog him^(A) and kill him.^(B) Three days later^(C) he will rise.”^(D)

²⁵ But first he must suffer many things^(A) and be rejected^(B) by this generation.^(C)

²² When Jesus said this, one of the officials^(A) nearby slapped him in the face.^(B) “Is this the way you answer the high priest?” he demanded.

²³ “If I said something wrong,” Jesus replied, “testify as to what is wrong. But if I spoke the truth, why did you strike me?”^(A)

³ and went up to him again and again, saying, “Hail, king of the Jews!”^(A) And they slapped him in the face.^(B)