Jesus Is Mocked

^63 (A)Now the men who were holding Jesus in custody were mocking him as they beat him. ^64 (B)They also blindfolded him and kept asking him, ^(C)“Prophesy! ^(D)Who is it that struck you?” ⁶⁵ And they said many other things against him, ^(E)blaspheming him.

²² When he had said these things, one of the officers standing by struck Jesus with his hand, saying, ^(A)“Is that how you answer the high priest?”