SUFFERINGS OF CHRIST
SUFFERINGS OF CHRIST
To form an idea of Christ’s sufferings, we should consider the poverty of his birth; the reproach of his character; the pains of his body; the power of his enemies; the desertion of his friends; the weight of his people’s sins; the slow, ignominious, and painful nature of his death; and the hidings of his Father’s face. All these rendered his sufferings extremely severe; yet some heretics said, that the sufferings of Christ were only in appearance, and not real: but, as Bishop Pearson observes, “If hunger and thirst; if revilings and contempt; if sorrows and agonies; if stripes and buffeting; if condemnation and crucifixion, be sufferings, Jesus suffered. If the infirmities of our nature; if the weight of our sins; if the malice of men; if the machinations of Satan; if the hand of God, could make him suffer, our Saviour suffered. If the annals of time; if the writings of the apostles; if the death of his martyrs; if the confession of Gentiles; if the scoffs of the Jews, be testimonies, Jesus suffered.” Pearson on the Creed; Dr. Rambach’s Meditations on the Sufferings of Christ. For the end of Christ’s sufferings, see DEATH OF CHRIST.
Fuente: Theological Dictionary
Sufferings of Christ
SEE VICARIOUS SUFFERING.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
SUFFERINGS OF CHRIST
(1) General References to
Psa 69:20; Isa 50:6; Isa 53:5; Zec 13:6; Mar 15:34; Luk 22:44
Heb 2:10; Heb 5:8; Heb 13:12; 1Pe 1:11; 1Pe 2:21; 1Pe 3:18
–SEE Sacrifice of Christ, SAVIOUR
Substitution, SAVIOUR
Christ’s Death, SAVIOUR
(2) Predicted by Himself. See CHRIST’S DIVINITY
(3) “The Man of Sorrows”
Isa 53:3; Mar 7:34; Mar 8:12; Luk 19:41; Joh 11:33; Joh 11:35; Joh 12:27; Joh 13:21
(4) Was Despised
Isa 53:3; Mat 13:55; Mar 15:29; Mar 15:30; Luk 16:14; Joh 10:20
–SEE Contempt, CONTEMPT
Derision, DERISION
Rejection, REJECTION of God and truth
Mocking, SUFFERINGS OF CHRIST
(5) Endured Humiliation
Isa 53:9; Mat 27:38; Luk 2:7; Luk 22:37; Act 8:33; 2Co 8:9
Phi 2:7; Phi 2:8
(6) He was Mocked
Mat 27:29; Mat 27:41; Luk 22:63; Luk 23:11; Luk 23:36
(7) Heb_was Reviled
Mat 27:39; Mar 15:32; Luk 23:39
–SEE Contempt, CONTEMPT
Aha, AHA
Blasphemy, BLASPHEMY
(8) He was Crucified
Mat 27:35; Mar 15:24; Luk 23:33; Joh 19:23