have spoken. spoke.
evil. evilly. Greek. kakos, adverb of kakos (App-128.) in next clause.
smitest. Greek. dero. Occurs fifteen times. Translated "beat" except here, Luke 22:63, and 2 Corinthians 11:20. It has been alleged against the Lord that He did not carry out His own precept in Matthew 5:39. But those words were spoken during the first part of His ministry, when the kingdom was being proclaimed. See App-119. This was when the kingdom had been rejected, and the King was about to be crucified. Compare Luke 22:35-38.