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?
This is the builder's son, isn't it? His mother is named Mary, isn't she? His brothers are James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas, aren't they?
Humility » He was free from all worldly pride » Of reputation he shall be called a nazarene
and settled in a town called Nazareth in order to fulfill what was said by the prophets: "He will be called a Nazarene."
Humility » He was free from all worldly pride » Of riches he hath not where to lay his head
Jesus told him, "Foxes have holes and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to rest."
Humility » He was free from all worldly pride » Of worldly success he is despised and rejected of men
"He was despised and rejected by others, and a man of sorrows, intimately familiar with suffering; and like one from whom people hide their faces; and we despised him and did not value him.
Humility » He was free from all worldly pride » Of appearance he hath no form nor comeliness
For he grew up before him like a tender plant, and like a root out of a dry ground; he had no form and he had no majesty that we should look at him, and there is no attractiveness that we should desire him.
Humility » He was free from all worldly pride » Of kingship he washed the disciples' feet
Then he poured some water into a basin and began to wash the disciples' feet and to dry them with the towel that was tied around his waist.