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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Jerome
And spitting on him, they took a reed and struck his head. At that time it was fulfilled; I did not turn my face away from the shame of spitting (Isaiah 50:6), yet when they strike his head with the reed, he endures everything patiently, to fulfill the true prophecy of Isaiah, which says: He will not break a bruised reed (Isaiah 42:3).
Thomas Aquinas
Likewise, they inflicted various insults, because they spat in his face; Isaiah 50:6: "I have not turned away my face from them that rebuked me and spat upon me." Likewise, they struck his head, as though he were a fool. And who are those who strike the head of Christ? The head of Christ is God, as is found in 1 Corinthians 11:3. Therefore those strike the head of Christ who blaspheme the divinity of Christ. By the reed, sacred Scripture is signified. Such men confirm their error through sacred Scripture.
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