Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on Isaiah 50:6

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gave: Lam 3:30; Mic 5:1; Mat 5:39, Mat 26:67, Mat 27:26; Mar 14:65, Mar 15:19; Luk 22:63, Luk 22:64; Joh 18:22; Heb 12:2 my cheeks: The eastern people always held the beard in great veneration; and to pluck a man's beard is one of the grossest indignities that can be offered. D'Arvieux gives a remarkable instance of an Arab, who, having received a wound in his jaw, chose to hazard his life rather than suffer the surgeon to cut off his beard. See note on Sa2 10:4. that plucked: Neh 13:25 I hid: Another instance of the utmost contempt and detestation. Throughout the East it is highly offensive to spit in any one's presence; and if this is such an indignity, how much more spitting in the face? Isaiah 50:7

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