<p>19:3 <em>And they came to him, and said: Hail, King of the Jews And they struck him with their hands</em>- Note the continuous tenses. The Lord's experiences of suffering are depicted as going on and on, as if in endless waves. When we get that sense in our far smaller sufferings, we are fellowshipping Him there and then. The striking was &quot;upon the cheek&quot;, according to some texts. The otherwise strange paradox of Mic. 5:1 was fulfilling: &quot;They shall strike the judge of Israel upon the cheek&quot;. He stood there as their judge; throughout all His sufferings and final death, He was in fact supremely in control, as their judge. For of this period He had stated: &quot;Now is the judgment of this world&quot;, and He was the judge. See on :13.</p>