And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers who stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Answer you the high priest so?
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
What should they do then but either disprove, or admit, what He said? Yet this they do not do: it is not a trial they are carrying on, but afaction, a tyranny. Not knowing what to do further, they send Him to Caiaphas: Now Ann assent Him bound to Caiaphas the high priest.