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 he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.
Humility » He was free from all worldly pride » Of riches he hath not where to lay his head
And Jesus said unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head.
Humility » He was free from all worldly pride » Of worldly success he is despised and rejected of men
He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; 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 shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he has no stately form nor splendor; and when we shall 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
After that he poured water into a basin, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel with which he was girded.