Thematic Bible: Sufferings of Christ


Thematic Bible




For the zeal of Your house has eaten Me up; and the reproaches of those who reproached You have fallen on Me.












For I say to you that this which is written must yet be accomplished in Me, "And he was reckoned among the transgressors"; for the things concerning Me have an end.

In His humiliation His judgment was taken away, and who shall declare His generation? For His life is taken from the earth."

but made Himself of no reputation, and took upon Himself the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men. And being found in fashion as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.


When Jesus had said this, He was troubled in spirit, and testified and said, Truly, truly, I say to you that one of you shall betray Me.


And looking up to Heaven, He sighed and said to him, Ephphatha! (that is, Be opened!)

And He sighed deeply in His spirit and said, Why does this generation seek a sign? Truly I say to you, There shall no sign be given to this generation.


Then when He saw her weeping, and also the Jews who came with her weeping, Jesus groaned in the spirit and troubled Himself.




Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and to enter into His glory?

For I say to you that this which is written must yet be accomplished in Me, "And he was reckoned among the transgressors"; for the things concerning Me have an end.



But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how I am pressed down until it is accomplished!

saying, The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men and be crucified, and the third day rise again?

And He said to them, So it is written, and so it behoved Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day,



Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary? And his brothers, James and Joses and Simon and Judas,


And those who passed by blasphemed Him, wagging their heads and saying, Aha! You razing the temple and building it in three days, save yourself and come down from the cross!


And many of them said, He has a demon and is insane. Why do you hear him?


And humiliating Him with his guardsmen, and mocking Him by putting luxurious clothing around Him, Herod sent Him again to Pilate.

And the men who held Jesus mocked Him, beating Him.

And plaiting a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and a reed in His right hand. And they bowed the knee before Him and mocked Him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!

And in the same way also the chief priests mocked, with the scribes and elders, saying,

And coming near, the soldiers also mocked Him, and offering Him sour wine,


Therefore I will divide to Him with the great, and He shall divide the spoil with the strong; because He has poured out His soul to death; and He was counted among the transgressors; and He bore the sin of many, and made intercession for transgressors.





Then when they had crucified Jesus, the soldiers took His garments and made four parts, one part to each soldier; and also His tunic. And the tunic was without seam, woven from the top throughout.

And when they came to the place which is called Calvary, they crucified Him and the criminals there, one on the right, and one on the left.

And they crucified Him, dividing His garments, casting a lot; so that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, "They parted My garments among them, and they cast a lot for My clothing."

And when they had crucified Him, they divided His garments, casting lots on them, as, to what each should take.


And those who passed by blasphemed Him, shaking their heads,

Let Christ the King of Israel now come down from the cross, so that we may see and believe. And they who were crucified with Him insulted Him.

And one of the hanged criminals blasphemed Him, saying, If you are Christ, save Yourself and us.


And bearing His cross, He went out to a place called, The Place of a Skull (which is called in the Hebrew, Golgotha)

Surely He has borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed Him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.