Isaiah 49:7
49:7 This is what the Lord,
the protector of Israel, their Holy One, says
to the one who is despised and rejected by nations,
a servant of rulers:
“Kings will see and rise in respect,
princes will bow down,
because of the faithful Lord,
the Holy One of Israel who has chosen you.”
Isaiah 50:6
50:6 I offered my back to those who attacked,
my jaws to those who tore out my beard;
I did not hide my face
from insults and spitting.
Psalms 22:6-8
22:6 But I am a worm, not a man;
people insult me and despise me.
22:7 All who see me taunt me;
they mock me and shake their heads.
22:8 They say,
“Commit yourself to the Lord!
Let the Lord rescue him!
Let the Lord deliver him, for he delights in him.”
Psalms 69:10-12
69:10 I weep and refrain from eating food,
which causes others to insult me.
69:11 I wear sackcloth
and they ridicule me.
69:12 Those who sit at the city gate gossip about me;
drunkards mock me in their songs.
Psalms 69:19-20
69:19 You know how I am insulted, humiliated and disgraced;
you can see all my enemies.
69:20 Their insults are painful and make me lose heart;
I look for sympathy, but receive none,
for comforters, but find none.
Micah 5:1
5:1 (4:14) But now slash yourself, daughter surrounded by soldiers!
We are besieged!
With a scepter they strike Israel’s ruler
on the side of his face.
Zechariah 11:8
11:8 Next I eradicated the three shepherds in one month,
for I ran out of patience with them and, indeed, they detested me as well.
Zechariah 11:12-13
11:12 Then I said to them, “If it seems good to you, pay me my wages, but if not, forget it.” So they weighed out my payment – thirty pieces of silver.
11:13 The Lord then said to me, “Throw to the potter that exorbitant sum at which they valued me!” So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter at the temple of the Lord.
Matthew 26:67
26:67 Then they spat in his face and struck him with their fists. And some slapped him,
Matthew 27:39-44
27:39 Those
who passed by defamed him, shaking their heads
27:40 and saying, “You who can destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself!
If you are God’s Son, come down
from the cross!”
27:41 In
the same way even the chief priests – together with the experts in the law
and elders
– were mocking him:
27:42 “He saved others, but he cannot save himself! He is the king of Israel! If he comes down
now from the cross, we will believe in him!
27:43 H
e trusts in God – let God, if he wants to, deliver him now because he said, ‘I am God’s Son’!”
27:44 The
robbers who were crucified with him also spoke abusively to him.
Matthew 27:63
27:63 and said, “Sir, we remember that while that deceiver was still alive he said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’
Mark 9:12
9:12 He said to them, “Elijah does indeed come first, and restores all things. And why is it written that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be despised?
Mark 15:19
15:19 Again and again
they struck him on the head with a staff
and spit on him. Then they knelt down and paid homage to him.
Luke 8:53
8:53 And they began making fun
of him, because they knew
that she was dead.
Luke 9:22
9:22 saying, “The Son of Man must suffer
many things and be rejected by the elders,
chief priests, and experts in the law,
and be killed, and on the third day be raised.”
Luke 16:14
More Warnings about the Pharisees
16:14 The Pharisees (who loved money) heard all this and ridiculed him.
Luke 23:18-25
23:18 But they all shouted out together, “Take this man away! Release Barabbas for us!”
23:19 (This was a man who had been thrown into prison for an insurrection started in the city, and for murder.)
23:20 Pilate addressed them once again because he wanted to release Jesus.
23:21 But they kept on shouting, “Crucify, crucify him!”
23:22 A third time he said to them, “Why? What wrong has he done? I have found him guilty of no crime deserving death. I will therefore flog him and release him.”
23:23 But they were insistent, demanding with loud shouts that he be crucified. And their shouts prevailed.
23:24 So Pilate decided that their demand should be granted.
23:25 He released the man they asked for, who had been thrown in prison for insurrection and murder. But he handed Jesus over to their will.
John 8:48
8:48 The Judeans replied, “Aren’t we correct in saying that you are a Samaritan and are possessed by a demon?”
Hebrews 12:2-3
12:2 keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith. For the joy set out for him he endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and
has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God.
12:3 Think of him who endured such opposition against himself by sinners, so that you may not grow weary in your souls and give up.