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Buffet, Buffeting
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BUFFET, BUFFETING (κολαφίζω, G3139, to give a blow with the fist) It describes the coarse and cowardly treatment of Jesus by the Jewish religious leaders and guardians of God’s law. He was not subjected simply to insults and mockery but to violent blows with clenched fists (
The same idea of physical violence is found in the word ὑπωπιάζω, G5724, a term taken from boxing, “to give a black eye.” So Paul describes the self-discipline exercised over his body (