66 What do you think?” And they answered and[a] said, “He deserves death!”[b] 67 Then they spat in his face and struck him with their fists, and they slapped him,[c] 68 saying, “Prophesy for us, you Christ! Who is it who hit you?”

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 26:66 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“answered”) has been translated as a finite verb
  2. Matthew 26:66 Literally “he is deserving of death”
  3. Matthew 26:67 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation

66 What do you think?”

“He is worthy of death,”(A) they answered.

67 Then they spit in his face and struck him with their fists.(B) Others slapped him 68 and said, “Prophesy to us, Messiah. Who hit you?”(C)

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