Jesus answered, 'If I have spoken wrongly, testify to the wrong. But if I have spoken rightly, why do you strike me?' — Jesus' response ("If I have spoken wrongly, testify to the wrong") appeals to reasoned justice: let the accusation be specific and substantive. He does not claim injured innocence melodramatically but invokes the principle that punishment should follow proven wrongdoing. This appeal to justice itself, even in injustice's face, characterizes Jesus' remarkable composure.

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