8 Bible Verses about Indignities Suffered By Christ
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Then they spat in His face, and struck Him--some with the fist, some with the open hand--
Upon His saying this, one of the officers standing by struck Him with his open hand, asking Him as he did so, "Is that the way you answer the High Priest?"
They twisted a wreath of thorny twigs and put it on His head, and they put a sceptre of cane in His right hand, and kneeling to Him they shouted in mockery, "Long live the King of the Jews!"
"If the man were not a criminal," they replied, "we would not have handed him over to you."
At last, having finished their sport, they took off the cloak, clothed Him again in His own garments, and led Him away for crucifixion.
And the passers-by reviled Him. They shook their heads at Him and said, "You who would pull down the Sanctuary and build a new one within three days, save yourself. If you are God's Son, come down from the cross." In like manner the High Priests also, together with the Scribes and the Elders, taunted Him.read more.
"He saved others," they said, "himself he cannot save! He is the King of Israel! Let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe in him. His trust is in God: let God deliver him now, if He will have him; for he said, 'I am God's Son.'" Insults of the same kind were heaped on Him even by the robbers who were being crucified with Him.
and at this time they had a notorious prisoner called Barabbas. So when they were now assembled Pilate appealed to them. "Whom shall I release to you," he said, "Barabbas, or Jesus the so-called Christ?" For he knew that it was from envious hatred that Jesus had been brought before him.read more.
While he was sitting on the tribunal a message came to him from his wife. "Have nothing to do with that innocent man," she said, "for during the night I have suffered terribly in a dream through him." The High Priests, however, and the Elders urged the crowd to ask for Barabbas and to demand the death of Jesus. So when the Governor a second time asked them, "Which of the two shall I release to you?" --they cried, "Barabbas!"
where they nailed Him to a cross, and two others at the same time, one on each side and Jesus in the middle.
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