Memorial Bible reading:(Daytime events:Nisan 12)

Luke 22:1-6; Mark 14:1, 2, 10, 11


Memorial Date After Sundown

Tuesday, March 26

My back I gave to the strikers . . .My face I did not conceal from humiliating things and spit.


—Isa. 50:6.


As shown above, Isaiah prophesied that the Messiah would be smitten.

Micah foretold: “With the rod they will strike upon the cheek the judge of Israel.â€￾ (Mic.5:1) Confirming the fulfillment
of these prophecies, the Gospel writer Mark said:

“Some started to spit on [Jesus] and to cover his whole face and hit him with
their fists and say to him: ‘Prophesy!’And, slapping him in the face, the court attendants took him.â€￾

Mark states that soldiers


“would hit him on the head with a reed and spit upon him and, bending their knees [in mockery],they would do obeisance to him.â€￾(Mark 14:65; 15:19)

Of course, Jesus did nothing to provoke such abuse.

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