Sunday, March 24, 2013

He Was Despised


To: ALL WHO HAVE EARS TO HEAR
 
From; GOD THE FATHER, THE LORD JESUS CHRIST HIS SON and Ministered through the HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD, The Helper, that He may be with you forever. [John 14:16]
 
Subject: MY WORD
 
Isaiah 53:3 (ESV)
    He was despised and rejected by men;
a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief;
       and as one from whom men hide their faces
he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

Isaiah 53:3 (AMP)
3 He was despised and rejected and forsaken by men, a Man of sorrows and pains, and acquainted with grief and sickness; and like One from Whom men hide their faces He was despised, and we did not appreciate His worth or have any esteem for Him.

Isaiah 53:3 (Tanakh)
3He was despised, shunned by men,
A man of suffering, familiar with disease.
As one who hid his face from us,
He was despised, we held him of no account.
 
Isaiah 53:3 (The Living Bible)
3We despised him and rejected him—a man of sorrows, acquainted with bitterest grief. We turned our backs on him and looked the other way when he went by. He was despised, and we didn’t care
 
Isaiah 49:7 (The Living Bible)
7The Lord, the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel, says to the One who is despised, rejected by mankind, and kept beneath the heel of the world’s rulers: “Kings shall stand at attention when you pass by; princes shall bow low because the Lord has chosen you; he, the faithful Lord, the Holy One of Israel, chooses you.”
 
Isaiah 50:6 (ESV)
    I gave my back to those who strike, and my cheeks to those who pull out the beard; I hid not my face from disgrace and spitting.
 
Psalm 22:6–8 (The Living Bible)
6But I am a worm, not a man, scorned and despised by my own people and by all mankind. 7Everyone who sees me mocks and sneers and shrugs. 8“Is this the one who rolled his burden on the Lord?” they laugh. “Is this the one who claims the Lord delights in him? We’ll believe it when we see God rescue him!”
 
Psalm 22:7–9 (Tanakh)
7But I am a worm, less than human;
scorned by men, despised by people.
8All who see me mock me;
they curl their lips,
they shake their heads.
9“Let him commit himself to the Lord;
let Him rescue him,
let Him save him,
for He is pleased with him.”

Matthew 26:67 (NASB95)
67Then they spat in His face and beat Him with their fists; and others slapped Him,

 Matthew 26:67 (ESV)
67 Then they spit in his face and struck him. And some slapped him,
 
Matthew 26:67 (CJB)
67 Then they spit in his face and pounded him with their fists; and those who were beating him
 
Matthew 27:39–43 (CJB)
39 People passing by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads 40 and saying, “So you can destroy the Temple, can you, and rebuild it in three days? Save yourself, if you are the Son of God, and come down from the stake!” 41 Likewise, the head cohanim jeered at him, along with the Torah-teachers and elders, 42 “He saved others, but he can’t save himself!” “So he’s King of Isra’el, is he? Let him come down now from the stake! Then we’ll believe him!” 43 He trusted God? So, let him rescue him if he wants him! After all, he did say, ‘I’m the Son of God’!”

Mark 15:19 (CJB)
19 They hit him on the head with a stick, spat on him and kneeled in mock worship of him.