14:65 "And some
began to spit on him and to cover his face and to strike him, saying to
him, "Prophecy!" And the guards received him with blows."
The irony in this verse is that Jesus is prophesying in and through receiving these blows and mockery. It is in this moment when he is rejected by men that he becomes the cornerstone (12:10-11). It is this moment when he speaks the Word of God most clearly to the world. No prophet has ever spoken the Word of God more clearly than Christ speaks it here precisely while he is mocked. The cross is the event where God is most clearly revealed; he is a God who loves human beings and is willing to be crucified by them, receiving the punishment for their sin, so that he could bring about forgiveness and reconciliation. Jesus is the Prophet. He is the Word.
The irony in this verse is that Jesus is prophesying in and through receiving these blows and mockery. It is in this moment when he is rejected by men that he becomes the cornerstone (12:10-11). It is this moment when he speaks the Word of God most clearly to the world. No prophet has ever spoken the Word of God more clearly than Christ speaks it here precisely while he is mocked. The cross is the event where God is most clearly revealed; he is a God who loves human beings and is willing to be crucified by them, receiving the punishment for their sin, so that he could bring about forgiveness and reconciliation. Jesus is the Prophet. He is the Word.
