SCRIPTURE COMMENTARY #523
The high priest therefore asked Jesus of his disciples and of his doctrine. Jesus answered him: "I have spoken openly to the world. I have always taught in the synagogue and in the temple, whither all the Jews resort: and in secret I have spoken nothing. Why askest thou me? Ask them who have heard what I have spoken unto them. Behold they know what things I have said." And when he had said these things, one of the servants standing by gave Jesus a blow, saying: "Answerest thou the high priest so?" Jesus answered him: "If I have spoken evil, give testimony of the evil; but if well, why strikest thou me?" (John 18:19-23)
THE GENTLENESS OF JESUS: Our Blessed Lord had proved His Godhead not only by His great miracles (and especially by the raising of Lazarus, which not even His enemies could contest), but by the extraordinary holiness of His life and by His truly divine virtues. When He was brought before Annas, Jesus showed a gentleness which has never been equaled. The ruffianly servant struck the Face of the Most High, with an unjust, painful and shameful blow; and Jesus bore this horrible treatment with patience. He did not upbraid or threaten the man, but pointed out to him the injustice of his action, with calm and gentle words. "Learn from Me. for I am meek and humble of Heart!"
[From 'A Practical Commentary on Holy Scripture' by Bishop Knecht, D.D.]
THE GENTLENESS OF JESUS: Our Blessed Lord had proved His Godhead not only by His great miracles (and especially by the raising of Lazarus, which not even His enemies could contest), but by the extraordinary holiness of His life and by His truly divine virtues. When He was brought before Annas, Jesus showed a gentleness which has never been equaled. The ruffianly servant struck the Face of the Most High, with an unjust, painful and shameful blow; and Jesus bore this horrible treatment with patience. He did not upbraid or threaten the man, but pointed out to him the injustice of his action, with calm and gentle words. "Learn from Me. for I am meek and humble of Heart!"
[From 'A Practical Commentary on Holy Scripture' by Bishop Knecht, D.D.]
(1899 Douay-Rheims Bible)
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