The men that held him, mocked him, and struck him.

St Luke Chapter XXII : Verses 63-71

Contents

• Luke xxii. Verses 63-71.  Douay-Rheims (Challoner) text & Latin text (Vulgate)
• Douay-Rheims 1582 text
• Annotations based on the Catena Aurea of St Thomas

Luke xxii. Verses 63-71.

And they blindfolded him, and smote his face.
J-J Tissot. Brooklyn Museum.

63 And the men that held him, mocked him, and struck him.

Et viri qui tenebant illum, illudebant ei, cædentes.

64 And they blindfolded him, and smote his face. And they asked him, saying: Prophesy, who is it that struck thee?

Et velaverunt eum, et percutiebant faciem ejus : et interrogabant eum, dicentes : Prophetiza, quis est, qui te percussit?

65 And blaspheming, many other things they said against him.

Et alia multa blasphemantes dicebant in eum.

66 And as soon as it was day, the ancients of the people, and the chief priests and scribes, came together; and they brought him into their council, saying: If thou be the Christ, tell us.

Et ut factus est dies, convenerunt seniores plebis, et principes sacerdotum, et scribæ, et duxerunt illum in concilium suum, dicentes : Si tu es Christus, dic nobis.

67 And he saith to them: If I shall tell you, you will not believe me.

Et ait illis : Si vobis dixero, non credetis mihi :

68 And if I shall also ask you, you will not answer me, nor let me go.

si autem et interrogavero, non respondebitis mihi, neque dimittetis.

69 But hereafter the Son of man shall be sitting on the right hand of the power of God.

Ex hoc autem erit Filius hominis sedens a dextris virtutis Dei.

70 Then said they all: Art thou then the Son of God? Who said: You say that I am.

Dixerunt autem omnes : Tu ergo es Filius Dei? Qui ait : Vos dicitis, quia ego sum.

71 And they said: What need we any further testimony? for we ourselves have heard it from his own mouth.

At illi dixerunt : Quid adhuc desideramus testimonium? ipsi enim audivimus de ore ejus.

Douay-Rheims : 1582 text

63. And the man that held him, mocked him, beating him.

64. And they did blind-fold him, and ſmote his face. And they aſked him ſaying: Prophecie, who it is that ſmote thee?
65. And blaſpheming many other things they ſaid against him.
66. And when it was day, there aſſembled the Ancients of the people and cheefe Prieſts and Scribes, and they brought him into their Councel, ſaying:

67. If thou be Chriſt tel vs. And he ſaid to them: If I tel you, you wil not beleeue me:
68. if also I aſke, you wil not anſwer me, nor dimiſſe me.

69. But from henceforth the Sonne of man ſhal be ſitting on the right hand of the power of God.
70. And they al ſaid: Art thou then the Sonne of God? Who ſaid: You ſay that I am.
71. But they ſaid: What need we teſtimonie any further? For our ſelues haue heard of his owne mouth.

 

Annotations

    63. And the men that held him, mocked him, and struck him. CHRYSOSTOM. Jesus, the Lord of heaven and earth, sustains and suffers the mockings of the ungodly, giving us an example of patience.

    64. And they blindfolded him, and smote his face. And they asked him, saying: Prophesy, who is it that struck thee? THEOPHYLACT. Likewise the Lord of prophets is derided as a false prophet. This they did as a dishonour to Him who wished to be accounted by the people as a prophet. But He who was struck with the blows of the Jews, is struck also now by the blasphemies of false Christians. And they blindfolded Him, not that He should not see their wickedness, but that they might hide His face from them. But heretics, and Jews, and wicked Catholics, provoke Him with their vile actions, as it were mocking Him, saying, Who smote thee? while they flatter themselves that their evil thoughts and works of darkness are not known by Him.

    66. And as soon as it was day, &c.  AUGUSTINE. (de Con. Ev. ut sup.) Now our Lord is supposed to have suffered these things until morning in the house of the High Priest, to which He was first led. 

    If thou be the Christ, tell us. BEDE. They wished not for truth, but were contriving calumny. Because they expected that Christ would come only as man, of the root of David, they sought this of Him, that if He should say, “I am the Christ,” they might falsely accuse Him of claiming to Himself the kingly power.

    67. And he saith to them: If I shall tell you, you will not believe me. THEOPHYLACT. He knew the secrets of their hearts, that they who had not believed His works would much less believe His words. 

    BEDE. For He had often declared Himself to be the Christ; as when he said, I and my Father are one, (John x. 30.) and other such like things. 

    68. And if I shall also ask you, you will not answer me, nor let me go.  For He had asked them how they said Christ was the Son of David, whereas David in the Spirit called Him his Lord. But they wished neither to believe His words nor to answer His questions. 

    69. But hereafter the Son of man shall be sitting on the right hand of the power of God. However, because they sought to accuse falsely the seed of David, they hear something still farther.

    THEOPHYLACT. As if he said, There is no time left to you any longer for discourses and teaching, but hereafter shall be the time of judgment, when ye shall see Me, the Son of man, sitting on the right hand of the power of God.

    CYRIL OF ALEXANDRIA. Whenever sitting and a throne are spoken of God, His kingly and supreme majesty is signified. For we do not imagine any judgment-seat to be placed, on which we believe the Lord of all takes His seat; nor again, that in any wise right hand or left hand appertain to the Divine nature; for figure, and place, and sitting, are the properties of bodies. But how shall the Son be seen to be of equal honour and to sit together on the same throne, if He is not the Son according to nature, having in Himself the natural property of the Father?

    70. Then said they all: Art thou then the Son of God? Who said: You say that I am. AMBROSE. The Lord had rather prove Himself a King than call Himself one, that they might have no excuse for condemning Him, when they confess the truth of that which they lay against Him. It follows, And he said, Ye say that I am.

    71. And they said: What need we any further testimony? for we ourselves have heard it from his own mouth. THEOPHYLACT. When then they heard this, they ought to have been afraid, but after these words they are the more frantic.

    BEDE. They understood that He called Himself the Son of God in these words, the Son of man shall be sitting on the right hand of the power of God.

    CYRIL OF ALEXANDRIA. When Christ spoke this, the company of the Pharisees were very wroth, uttering shameful words; as it follows, What need we any further testimony? for we ourselves have heard it from his own mouth.

THEOPHYLACT. Whereby it is manifest, that the disobedient reap no advantage, when the more secret mysteries are revealed to them, but rather incur the heavier punishment. Wherefore such things ought to be concealed from them.

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The Vladimirskaya Icon. >12th century.

SUB tuum præsidium confugimus, Sancta Dei Genitrix. Nostras deprecationes ne despicias in necessitatibus, sed a periculis cunctis libera nos semper, Virgo gloriosa et benedicta. Amen.

 

 

Totus tuus ego sum

Et omnia mea tua sunt;

Tecum semper tutus sum:

Ad Jesum per Mariam.