 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 ? 23 Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil : but if well, why smitest thou...  The Life of St. Chrysostom - Page 274by Johann August W. Neander - 1838 - 438 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Nourse - 1829 - 292 pages
...Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest thou the high priest so ? Jesus an- 23 swered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil : but if well, why smitest thou me ? (Now Annas had sent him bound unto Caiaphas 24 the high priest.) And Simon Peter stood and warmed... | |
 | John Everitt Good - Sermon on the mount - 1829 - 692 pages
...indeed, be idle to suppose, lated the case with him, and complained of the injury ; " Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil: but if well, why smitest thou me?"* Hence it appears that we must understand the precepts of our Lord in the sense he practised them. This... | |
 | England - 1829 - 846 pages
...that, if guilty, his guilt should be proved, or his innocence admitted. In the words of our Lord — " If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil ; but if well, why smitest thou me?" The Official, who bore the ominous name of Eckius, impatiently declared that Luther had not answered... | |
 | 1829 - 448 pages
...Answerest thou the high priest so ? 23 Jesus answered him, If I He is brought before Pilate, CHAP, have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil: but if well, why smitest thou me ? 24 (Now Annas had sent him bound unto Caiaphas the high priest.) 25 And Simon Peter stood and warmed... | |
 | Scotland - 1829 - 866 pages
...that if guilty, his guilt should be proved, or his innocence admitted. In .the words of our Lord — " If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil ; but if well, why smkest thou me ?" The .Official, who bore the ominous came of Eckius, impatiently declared that Luther... | |
 | John Brewster - Bible - 1830 - 602 pages
...struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest thou the High Priest so ? Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil : but if well, why smitest thou me 1 ?" When the same question, was asked St. Paul, " Revilest thou God's High Priest ?" he was obliged,... | |
 | William Paley - Sermons - 1830 - 430 pages
...Jesus with the palm of his hand, we find Jesus rebuking him for the outrage with becoming indignation : 'If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil; but if well, why smitest thou me ? ' (John xviii. 23). It may be observed, likewise, that the several examples are drawn from instances... | |
 | William Paley - Sermons - 1830 - 378 pages
...evangelists. His answer, in St John's, gospel, to the officer who struck him with the palm of his hand, ' If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil ; but if well, why smitest thou me?'t was such an answer, 'as might have been looked for from the person, who, as he proceeded to the... | |
 | John Miller - Sermons, English - 1830 - 544 pages
...this undeserved rebuke and cruel insult ? He meekly answers his oppressor in the mildest words ; " If I have spoken evil, " bear witness of the evil ; but if well, why smit" est thou me ?" If we would see this grace exhibited more clearly still, by force of contrast,... | |
 | English literature - 1831 - 368 pages
...the judge, where it was not lawful to strike, as it is not with us at this day, he only replies : " If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil ; but if well, why smitest thou me ? " He says nothing against their smiting him, in case he had been guilty of speaking evil, that is,... | |
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