Thematic Bible: Exposing himself to reproach and contempt
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Zeal for your house consumes me. The reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.
He was despised and rejected by men. He was a man of sorrows familiar with suffering. Like one from whom men hide their faces he was despised. We did not consider him to be worth much.
Yet, I am a worm and not a man. I am scorned by humanity and despised by people.
For even Christ did not please himself. However it is written, The reproaches (insults) hurled at you have fallen on me. (Psalm 69:9)
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