Luke 22:63-65

[63] And the men that held mocked him, and smote [64] And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face, and asked him, saying, Prophesy, who that smote [65] And many other things blasphemously against him.

What is the context of Luke 22:63-65?

Jesus Mocked and Beaten (Luke 22:63-65 true)
Jesus Is Mocked (Luke 22:63-65 true)
The Guards Mock Jesus .( BH .) (Luke 22:63-65 true)
Jesus is Insulted and Beaten (Luke 22:63-71 true)
Peter’s Denials (Luke 22:54-65 true)
Jesus’ Arrest (Luke 22:54-65 true)
Peter Denies Jesus (Luke 22:54-65 true)
Jesus Before the Sanhedrin (Luke 22:54-71 true)

What does Luke 22:63-65 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

Evidently this mockery happened during Peter"s denial and at the end of Jesus" hearing before Caiaphas. Luke probably placed it here in his narrative as a transition to contrast Peter"s attempts to avoid suffering with the sufferings of Jesus. It introduces Luke"s accounts of Jesus" trials. Luke"s is the longest of the synoptic accounts. It presents Jesus as a real man suffering unjustly at the hands of His accusers.

The men holding Jesus in custody were the religious leaders ( Luke 22:52; cf. Matthew 26:66-67; Mark 14:64-65). Luke presented Jesus as a prophet. He probably included this incident to show that Jesus" failure to prophesy was not due to inability but to His purpose to lay down His life as a sacrifice. Jesus" passive acceptance of all this foul treatment shows the same thing. ^[1]