Topic
Blindfold
1 passage cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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- Luke 22:64ISBE
And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face, and asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote thee?
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 1 references
blind'-fold (perikalupto): A sport common among the children of ancient times, in which the blindfolded were struck on the cheek, then asked who had struck them, and not let go until they had correctly guessed. This treatment was accorded Christ by his persecutors (Lu 22:64).
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.