4 Bible Verses about Irony
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Who singles you out, my brother? What do you possess that has not been given you? And if it was given you, why do you boast as if it had been gained, not given? You Corinthians have your heart's desire already, have you? You have heaven's rich bliss already! You have come into your kingdom without us! I wish indeed you had come into your kingdom, so that we could share it with you! For it seems to me that God means us apostles to come in at the very end, like the doomed gladiators in the arena! We are made a spectacle to the world, to angels and to men!read more.
We, for Christ's sake, are 'fools'; you in Christ are sensible. We are weak, you are strong; you are honoured, we are in disrepute. To this very hour we hunger and thirst, we are ill-clad and knocked about, we are waifs, we work hard for our living; when reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we put up with it; when defamed, we try to conciliate. To this hour we are treated as the scum of the earth, the very refuse of the world! I do not write this to make you feel ashamed, but to instruct you as beloved children of mine.
On hearing this, Jesus said to them, "Those who are strong have no need of a doctor, but those who are ill: I have not come to call just men but sinners."
then they dressed him in purple, put on his head a crown of thorns which they had plaited, and began to salute him with, "Hail, O king of the Jews!" They struck him on the head with a stick and spat upon him and bent their knees to him in homage.
"At this rate," Agrippa remarked, "it won't be long before you believe you have made a Christian of me!"
From Thematic Bible
Irony » Instances of » The roman soldiers to jesus
Then Herod and his troops scoffed at him and made fun of him, and after arraying him in a bright robe he remitted him to Pilate.
plaited a crown of thorns and set it on his head, put a stick in his hand, and knelt before him in mockery, crying, "Hail, king of the Jews!"
then they dressed him in purple, put on his head a crown of thorns which they had plaited, and began to salute him with, "Hail, O king of the Jews!" They struck him on the head with a stick and spat upon him and bent their knees to him in homage.
And the soldiers twisted some thorns into a crown and put it on his head, and arrayed him in a purple robe, marching up to him and shouting, "Hail, king of the Jews!" ??and striking him.
Irony » Instances of » The inscription of pilate above jesus
Pilate had written an inscription to be put on the cross; what he wrote was, JESUS THE NAZARENE, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
They also put over his head his charge in writing, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
(For there was an inscription over him in Greek and Latin and Hebrew characters, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.)
Irony » Instances of » Pilate, calling jesus "king,"
Then they yelled, "Off with him! Off with him! Crucify him!" "Crucify your king?" said Pilate. The high priests retorted, "We have no king but Caesar!"
They struck him on the head with a stick and spat upon him and bent their knees to him in homage.
Irony » Instances of » Ezekiel to the prince of tyre
Irony » Instances of » Elijah to the priests of baal
Irony » Instances of » Micaiah
Irony » Instances of » The pharisees and the herodians to jesus
They sent him their disciples with the Herodians, who said, "Teacher, we know you are sincere and that you teach the Way of God honestly and fearlessly; you do not court human favour.
Irony » Instances of » Job to his accusers
Irony » Instances of » Michal to david
Irony » Instances of » Herod agrippa ii to paul
"At this rate," Agrippa remarked, "it won't be long before you believe you have made a Christian of me!"
Irony » Instances of » Jesus to the pharisees
On hearing this, Jesus said to them, "Those who are strong have no need of a doctor, but those who are ill: I have not come to call just men but sinners."
