Joh 19:3 | CPDV | STEP | And they were approaching him and saying, “Hail, king of the Jews!” And they struck him repeatedly.

John 19:3

3 And they were approaching him and saying, “Hail, king of the Jews!” And they struck him repeatedly. ^{▼▼19:3The expression ‘dabant alapas’ has the verb in the imperative tense, so the translation of ‘repeatedly’ is justified. More literally (and more awkwardly) it says ‘they were giving him blows.’(Conte)}