"Who is he that smote Thee?" Matt. 26:6868Saying, Prophesy unto us, thou Christ, Who is he that smote thee? (Matthew 26:68). This is one of the questions that our Lord did not answer. His persecutors thought He did not know who smote Him. To them our Lord's silence meant He was ignorant of who the culprit was. It is natural for fallen men to register in their memories every injury that is done to them. Looking back over a period of years, most men can tell without a single omission who smote them. Favors may be forgotten, but smitings are not. It is so easy for even the children of God to be constantly telling who smote them.
What an example of grace is this silence of our Lord! No one should know from His lips who had injured Him. He would not use His perfect knowledge, His omniscience as the on of God to reveal the identity of the man who had smitten Him so injuriously. They asked Him to tell, but He bore Himself in the same unruffled calm, and said nothing.
May we learn from Him. He has left us an example that we should follow His steps.