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John 1:10-11
He came into the very world he created, but the world didn’t recognize him.He came to his own people, and even they rejected him.
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Isaiah 53:10
But it was the Lord’s good plan to crush him and cause him grief. Yet when his life is made an offering for sin, he will have many descendants. He will enjoy a long life, and the Lord’s good plan will prosper in his hands.
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Matthew 26:67
Then they began to spit in Jesus’ face and beat him with their fists. And some slapped him,
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Mark 14:34
He told them,“ My soul is crushed with grief to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me.”
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Isaiah 53:4
Yet it was our weaknesses he carried; it was our sorrows that weighed him down. And we thought his troubles were a punishment from God, a punishment for his own sins!
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Isaiah 49:7
The Lord, the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel, says to the one who is despised and rejected by the nations, to the one who is the servant of rulers:“ Kings will stand at attention when you pass by. Princes will also bow low because of the Lord, the faithful one, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”
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Hebrews 12:2-3
We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith. Because of the joy awaiting him, he endured the cross, disregarding its shame. Now he is seated in the place of honor beside God’s throne.Think of all the hostility he endured from sinful people; then you won’t become weary and give up.
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Psalms 22:6-8
But I am a worm and not a man. I am scorned and despised by all!Everyone who sees me mocks me. They sneer and shake their heads, saying,“ Is this the one who relies on the Lord? Then let the Lord save him! If the Lord loves him so much, let the Lord rescue him!”
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Hebrews 5:7
While Jesus was here on earth, he offered prayers and pleadings, with a loud cry and tears, to the one who could rescue him from death. And God heard his prayers because of his deep reverence for God.
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Isaiah 50:6
I offered my back to those who beat me and my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard. I did not hide my face from mockery and spitting.
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Zechariah 11:12-13
And I said to them,“ If you like, give me my wages, whatever I am worth; but only if you want to.” So they counted out for my wages thirty pieces of silver.And the Lord said to me,“ Throw it to the potter”— this magnificent sum at which they valued me! So I took the thirty coins and threw them to the potter in the Temple of the Lord.
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Hebrews 4:15
This High Priest of ours understands our weaknesses, for he faced all of the same testings we do, yet he did not sin.
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Luke 9:22
“ The Son of Man must suffer many terrible things,” he said.“ He will be rejected by the elders, the leading priests, and the teachers of religious law. He will be killed, but on the third day he will be raised from the dead.”
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Luke 8:53
But the crowd laughed at him because they all knew she had died.
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Mark 15:19
And they struck him on the head with a reed stick, spit on him, and dropped to their knees in mock worship.
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Luke 16:14
The Pharisees, who dearly loved their money, heard all this and scoffed at him.
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Hebrews 2:15-18
Only in this way could he set free all who have lived their lives as slaves to the fear of dying.We also know that the Son did not come to help angels; he came to help the descendants of Abraham.Therefore, it was necessary for him to be made in every respect like us, his brothers and sisters, so that he could be our merciful and faithful High Priest before God. Then he could offer a sacrifice that would take away the sins of the people.Since he himself has gone through suffering and testing, he is able to help us when we are being tested.
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Mark 9:12
Jesus responded,“ Elijah is indeed coming first to get everything ready. Yet why do the Scriptures say that the Son of Man must suffer greatly and be treated with utter contempt?
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Luke 18:31-33
Taking the twelve disciples aside, Jesus said,“ Listen, we’re going up to Jerusalem, where all the predictions of the prophets concerning the Son of Man will come true.He will be handed over to the Romans, and he will be mocked, treated shamefully, and spit upon.They will flog him with a whip and kill him, but on the third day he will rise again.”
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Matthew 27:63
They told him,“ Sir, we remember what that deceiver once said while he was still alive:‘ After three days I will rise from the dead.’
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John 8:48
The people retorted,“ You Samaritan devil! Didn’t we say all along that you were possessed by a demon?”
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Matthew 27:39-44
The people passing by shouted abuse, shaking their heads in mockery.“ Look at you now!” they yelled at him.“ You said you were going to destroy the Temple and rebuild it in three days. Well then, if you are the Son of God, save yourself and come down from the cross!”The leading priests, the teachers of religious law, and the elders also mocked Jesus.“ He saved others,” they scoffed,“ but he can’t save himself! So he is the King of Israel, is he? Let him come down from the cross right now, and we will believe in him!He trusted God, so let God rescue him now if he wants him! For he said,‘ I am the Son of God.’”Even the revolutionaries who were crucified with him ridiculed him in the same way.
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Micah 5:1
Mobilize! Marshal your troops! The enemy is laying siege to Jerusalem. They will strike Israel’s leader in the face with a rod.
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John 11:35
Then Jesus wept.
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Psalms 69:19-20
You know of my shame, scorn, and disgrace. You see all that my enemies are doing.Their insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. If only one person would show some pity; if only one would turn and comfort me.
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Matthew 26:37-38
He took Peter and Zebedee’s two sons, James and John, and he became anguished and distressed.He told them,“ My soul is crushed with grief to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me.”
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Acts 3:13-15
For it is the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob— the God of all our ancestors— who has brought glory to his servant Jesus by doing this. This is the same Jesus whom you handed over and rejected before Pilate, despite Pilate’s decision to release him.You rejected this holy, righteous one and instead demanded the release of a murderer.You killed the author of life, but God raised him from the dead. And we are witnesses of this fact!
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Deuteronomy 32:15
“ But Israel soon became fat and unruly; the people grew heavy, plump, and stuffed! Then they abandoned the God who had made them; they made light of the Rock of their salvation.
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Matthew 27:9-10
This fulfilled the prophecy of Jeremiah that says,“ They took the thirty pieces of silver— the price at which he was valued by the people of Israel,and purchased the potter’s field, as the Lord directed.”
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Psalms 69:10-12
When I weep and fast, they scoff at me.When I dress in burlap to show sorrow, they make fun of me.I am the favorite topic of town gossip, and all the drunks sing about me.
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Zechariah 11:8
I got rid of their three evil shepherds in a single month. But I became impatient with these sheep, and they hated me, too.
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Luke 23:18-25
Then a mighty roar rose from the crowd, and with one voice they shouted,“ Kill him, and release Barabbas to us!”( Barabbas was in prison for taking part in an insurrection in Jerusalem against the government, and for murder.)Pilate argued with them, because he wanted to release Jesus.But they kept shouting,“ Crucify him! Crucify him!”For the third time he demanded,“ Why? What crime has he committed? I have found no reason to sentence him to death. So I will have him flogged, and then I will release him.”But the mob shouted louder and louder, demanding that Jesus be crucified, and their voices prevailed.So Pilate sentenced Jesus to die as they demanded.As they had requested, he released Barabbas, the man in prison for insurrection and murder. But he turned Jesus over to them to do as they wished.
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Luke 19:41
But as he came closer to Jerusalem and saw the city ahead, he began to weep.
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Psalms 69:29
I am suffering and in pain. Rescue me, O God, by your saving power.
