788. Game of Blindfolding

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Luke 22:6464And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face, and asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote thee? (Luke 22:64). When they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face, and asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote thee?
Reference is thought to be made here to a sport very common in ancient times, resembling what is known among us as “blind-man’s-buff.” One person was blindfolded and the others struck him in turn, and then asked him to guess the name of the one who smote him. He was not released until he gave the name correctly. In this way the persecutors of Jesus mocked him, challenging him, if he were a prophet, to tell the names of his tormenters.