F. The mockery (22:63–65)
F. The mockery (22:63–65)
Jesus was evidently committed to a group of soldiers left to guard him until the formal session of the Sanhedrin. They took advantage of the opportunity to indulge in a little horse-play at the expense of their prisoner. They had gathered that he was supposed to be a prophet, so they blindfolded him and called on him to prove his prophetic gifts by naming the person who struck him: ‘now, prophet, guess who hit you that time!’ (Phillips). Luke gives no other details. He tells us only that they added insults to their violence.