Jesus" messianic claims did not impress or intimidate His accusers. They proceeded to humiliate Him for what they considered to be His false pretensions. [1] Jesus" passive acceptance of these indignities only reinforced their assumption and encouraged them to be even more hostile (cf. Isaiah 53:7). Mark and Luke recorded that they blindfolded Jesus ( Mark 14:65; Luke 22:64). Perhaps Matthew"s omission of this fact suggests that the leaders and or their servants beat Jesus so badly that He could not see who was doing the beating even if they had not blindfolded Him (cf. Isaiah 52:14). If He was the Messiah, He should have been able to tell (prophesy in the sense of revealing something unknown) who hit Him. [source][source][source]