Thematic Bible: Submitting to sufferings
Thematic Bible
Humility of Christ » Exhibited in his » Submitting to sufferings
I gave my back to those who beat me and my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard. I did not turn away my face from insults and spitting.
Verse Concepts
He was oppressed and he was afflicted, yet he didn't open his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, as a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth.
Verse Concepts
This was the passage of Scripture he was reading: "Like a sheep he was led away to be slaughtered, and like a lamb is silent before its shearer, so he does not open his mouth.
Verse Concepts
Taking Peter and the two sons of Zebedee with him, he began to be grieved and troubled. Then he told them, "I'm so deeply grieved that I feel I'm about to die. Wait here and stay awake with me." Going on a little farther, he fell on his face and prayed, "O my Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me. Yet not what I want but what you want."
Related Topics
- Accepting Beatings
- Back
- Battery
- Beards
- Beatings
- Being Betrayed
- Cheeks
- Christ Being Silent
- Christ Was Killed
- Christ Willing
- Christ, Character Of
- Flogging
- Forbearance Of God
- Hair Plucking