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 2Sa 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? Reciprocal: Num 12:14 - spit Deu 25:9 - spit 2Sa 6:22 - more vile 1Ki 22:24 - smote Micaiah 2Ch 18:23 - Zedekiah Job 16:10 - they have smitten Job 30:10 - spare not to spit in my face Psa 22:24 - For Psa 31:17 - Let me Psa 69:7 - shame Son 5:2 - my head Son 5:13 - cheeks Isa 52:14 - his visage Isa 53:3 - despised Mat 26:24 - Son of man goeth Mat 27:30 - General Mar 9:12 - set Mar 10:34 - spit Mar 15:15 - when Luk 6:29 - smiteth Luk 18:32 - mocked Luk 24:27 - and all Luk 24:46 - General Joh 16:32 - yet Joh 19:1 - scourged Act 3:18 - all 2Co 11:20 - a man smite Phi 2:7 - made Phi 2:8 - and became Heb 5:8 - yet