A Promised Ruler From Bethlehem

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

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

⁶⁵ Then some began to spit at him; they blindfolded him, struck him with their fists, and said, “Prophesy!” And the guards took him and beat him.^(A)

¹⁹ Again and again they struck him on the head with a staff and spit on him. Falling on their knees, they paid homage to him.