Thematic Bible: He was free from all worldly pride
Thematic Bible
Humility » He was free from all worldly pride » Of rank is not this the carpenter's son?
Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary, and his brothers, James and Joses and Simon and Judas?
Humility » He was free from all worldly pride » Of reputation he shall be called a nazarene
And having come, he dwelt in a city called Nazareth, so that what was spoken through the prophets might be fulfilled, that he will be called a Nazarene.
Humility » He was free from all worldly pride » Of riches he hath not where to lay his head
And Jesus says to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky, nests, but the Son of man has nowhere he may lay his head.
Humility » He was free from all worldly pride » Of worldly success he is despised and rejected of men
He was despised, and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief. And as him from whom men hide their face he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
Humility » He was free from all worldly pride » Of appearance he hath no form nor comeliness
For he grew up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground. He has no form nor comeliness. And when we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
Humility » He was free from all worldly pride » Of kingship he washed the disciples' feet
Then he pours water into the wash-basin, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel with which he was girded.