4 Bible Verses about Irony
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For who maketh thee to differ from another? And what hast thou that thou didst not receive? But if thou didst receive it, why dost thou boast, as if thou hadst not received it? Already ye are full; already ye are rich; without us ye have become kings; and I would indeed ye were kings, that we also might reign with you. For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles as lowest, as men sentenced to death; for we have been made a spectacle to the world, to angels, and to men.read more.
We are fools for Christs sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are in honor, but we are despised. Even to this very hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace, and labor, working with our own hands; being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure it; being slandered, we exhort; we have become as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things until now. I write not these things to shame you, but I am warning you as my beloved children.
And Jesus hearing it, saith to them, They who are well do not need a physician, but they who are sick. I came not to call righteous men, but sinners.
And they clothe him with purple, and having platted a crown of thorns, they put it on him. And they began to salute him: Hail, king of the Jews! And they struck him on the head with a reed, and spit upon him, and kneeling down, did him homage.
Then Agrippa said to Paul, With little effort thou thinkest to persuade me to become a Christian.
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Irony » Instances of » The roman soldiers to jesus
And Herod also with his guard of soldiers set him at nought and mocked him, and having arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, sent him back to Pilate.
And having platted a crown of thorns, they put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand; and bowing the knee before him, they mocked him, saying, Hail, king of the Jews!
And they clothe him with purple, and having platted a crown of thorns, they put it on him. And they began to salute him: Hail, king of the Jews! And they struck him on the head with a reed, and spit upon him, and kneeling down, did him homage.
And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and put on him a purple robe, and approached him and said, Hail, king of the Jews! and they gave him blows on the face.
Irony » Instances of » The inscription of pilate above jesus
And Pilate wrote an inscription also, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, "Jesus the Nazarene, the king of the Jews."
And they set up over his head the charge against him in writing: "This is Jesus the king of the Jews."
And on the cross the inscription of the charge against him was written: "The king of the Jews."
Irony » Instances of » Pilate, calling jesus "king,"
Upon this they cried out, Away with him! Away with him! Crucify him! Pilate saith to them, Shall I crucify your king? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.
And they struck him on the head with a reed, and spit upon him, and kneeling down, did him 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
And they send out to him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Teacher, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, and thou carest for no one; for thou regardest not the person of men.
Irony » Instances of » Job to his accusers
Irony » Instances of » Michal to david
Irony » Instances of » Herod agrippa ii to paul
Then Agrippa said to Paul, With little effort thou thinkest to persuade me to become a Christian.
Irony » Instances of » Jesus to the pharisees
And Jesus hearing it, saith to them, They who are well do not need a physician, but they who are sick. I came not to call righteous men, but sinners.
