Matthew 27:39

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Matthew 27:39

And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,

Reviled

General references

Proverbs 18:3

Lamentations 3:14

Hebrews 13:13

Bible References

Reviled

But I am a worm and not a man; cursed by men, and looked down on by the people.

Because of all those who are against me, I have become a word of shame to my neighbours; a cause of shaking the head and a fear to my friends: those who saw me in the street went in flight from me.

But they took pleasure in my trouble, and came together, yes, low persons came together against me without my knowledge; they never came to an end of wounding me.

I have been wounded with sharp words because of you; my face has been covered with shame.

For the mouth of the sinner is open against me in deceit: his tongue has said false things against me.

Come to me, all you who go by! Keep your eyes on me, and see if there is any pain like the pain of my wound, which the Lord has sent on me in the day of his burning wrath.

All who go by make a noise with their hands at you; they make hisses, shaking their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem, and saying, Is this the town which was the crown of everything beautiful, the joy of all the earth?

And those who went by made sport of him, shaking their heads, and saying, Ha! you who give the Temple to destruction, and put it up again in three days,

And the people were looking on. And the rulers made sport of him, saying, He was a saviour of others; let him do something for himself, if he is the Christ, the man of God's selection.

Who did no evil, and there was no deceit in his mouth:

General references

When the evil-doer comes, a low opinion comes with him, and with the loss of honour comes shame.

I have become the sport of all the peoples; I am their song all the day.

Let us then go out to him outside the circle of the tents, taking his shame on ourselves.