![]() 1865Īfter his condemnation by Pontius Pilate, Jesus was flogged and mocked by Roman soldiers. Édouard Manet, Jesus Mocked by the Soldiers, c. The prophetic assignment is not always portrayed as positive in the Bible, and prophets were often the target of persecution and opposition. ![]() Garrett sees Mark's inclusion of the mockery as an example of irony, since Jesus is indeed a prophet, at the very moment his prophecy that Peter would deny him was being fulfilled. Green suggests that Jesus suffers the mockery that is typical of prophets, and that his suffering suggests his "solidarity with God's agents who speak on God's behalf and are rejected." Susan R. Green takes the phrase to refer to the "Chief priests, the officers of the temple police, and the elders" mentioned in verse 52. The New International Version translates this as "the men who were guarding Jesus", but Joel B. This was done by those men who "held Jesus" (Luke 22:63, King James Version). He was blindfolded and beaten, and then mocked: "Prophesy! Who hit you?" (Luke 22:63). ![]() 1617Īfter Jesus' condemnation by the Sanhedrin, (Mark 14:65). Gerrit van Honthorst, The Mocking of Christ, c.
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