Matthew 26:67
Douay-Rheims
Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him: and others struck his face with the palms of their hands,
Augustine of Hippo
(Quæst. Ev. i. 44.) That, they did spit in his face, signifies those who reject His proffered grace. They likewise buffet Him who prefer their own honour to Him; and they smite Him on the face, who, blinded with unbelief, affirm that He is not yet come, disowning and rejecting His person.
Source details
A.D. 430 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 26:59-68
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