John 18:22-23 And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying… When Henry Martyn was at Shirez, in Persia, translating the New Testament, he seems to have been delighted with the following incident, which he notices in his journal (June 28, 1811): — "The poor boy while writing how one of the servants of the high priest struck the Lord in the face, stopped and said, 'Sir, did not his hand dry up?'" Parallel Verses KJV: And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest thou the high priest so? |
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