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Palm
Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament
or PALM.—The word occurs (Mark 14:65, John 18:22; cf. John 19:3) in the translation of ῥάπισμα, a blow with the open hand. It refers to the stroke on the cheek (Matthew 5:39, Luke 6:29), one of the affronts and indignities that may have to be borne cheerfully in representing and serving the Kingdom of heaven. In Matthew 26:67, Mark 14:65, a distinction is implied between the rough jest of hitting with the fist (κολαφίζω) by the soldiers standing in front of Christ and the smiting with the palm by the servants of the high priests as they stood behind and challenged Him to tell from whom the blow had come. For all Christ prayed that the sin committed in ignorance might be forgiven (Luke 23:34). It is only by a Christian that affront can really be put upon Christ (Philippians 3:18).
G. M. Mackie.
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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Palm'. Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hdn/p/palm.html. 1906-1918.
