'Suffer' in the Bible
From then on Jesus began to point out to His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders, chief priests, and scribes, be killed, and be raised the third day.
“But I tell you: Elijah has already come, and they didn’t recognize him. On the contrary, they did whatever they pleased to him. In the same way the Son of Man is going to suffer at their hands.”
Then He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, be killed, and rise after three days.
“Elijah does come first and restores everything,” He replied. “How then is it written about the Son of Man that He must suffer many things and be treated with contempt?
saying, “The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, be killed, and be raised the third day.”
But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.
Then He said to them, “I have fervently desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.
Didn’t the Messiah have to suffer these things and enter into His glory?”
He also said to them, “This is what is written: The Messiah would suffer and rise from the dead the third day,
But what God predicted through the mouth of all the prophets—that His Messiah would suffer—He has fulfilled in this way.
explaining and showing that the Messiah had to suffer and rise from the dead: “This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Messiah.”
that the Messiah must suffer, and that as the first to rise from the dead, He would proclaim light to our people and to the Gentiles.”
and if children, also heirs—heirs of God and coheirs with Christ—seeing that we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him.
So if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.
If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation. If we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which is experienced in your endurance of the same sufferings that we suffer.
Did you suffer so much for nothing—if in fact it was for nothing?
For it has been given to you on Christ’s behalf not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for Him,
In fact, when we were with you, we told you previously that we were going to suffer persecution, and as you know, it happened.
and that is why I suffer these things. But I am not ashamed, because I know the One I have believed in and am persuaded that He is able to guard what has been entrusted to me until that day.
I suffer for it to the point of being bound like a criminal, but God’s message is not bound.
Otherwise, He would have had to suffer many times since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared one time, at the end of the ages, for the removal of sin by the sacrifice of Himself.
and chose to suffer with the people of God rather than to enjoy the short-lived pleasure of sin.
For what credit is there if you sin and are punished, and you endure it? But when you do what is good and suffer, if you endure it, this brings favor with God.
But even if you should suffer for righteousness, you are blessed. Do not fear what they fear or be disturbed,
For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God’s will, than for doing evil.
None of you, however, should suffer as a murderer, a thief, an evildoer, or a meddler.
So those who suffer according to God’s will should, while doing what is good, entrust themselves to a faithful Creator.
Don’t be afraid of what you are about to suffer. Look, the Devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will have affliction for 10 days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.
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