Psalms 22:6
22:6 But I am a worm, not a man;
people insult me and despise me.
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 53:2-3
53:2 He sprouted up like a twig before God,
like a root out of parched soil;
he had no stately form or majesty that might catch our attention,
no special appearance that we should want to follow him.
53:3 He was despised and rejected by people,
one who experienced pain and was acquainted with illness;
people hid their faces from him;
he was despised, and we considered him insignificant.
Mark 6:3
6:3 Isn’t this the carpenter, the son
of Mary
and brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And aren’t his sisters here with us?” And so they took offense at him.
Luke 3:23
The Genealogy of Jesus
3:23 So Jesus, when he began his ministry, was about thirty years old. He was the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,
Luke 4:22
4:22 All
were speaking well of him, and were amazed at the gracious words coming out of his mouth. They
said, “Isn’t this
Joseph’s son?”
John 1:45-46
1:45 Philip found Nathanael
and told him, “We have found the one Moses wrote about in the law, and the prophets also
wrote about – Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”
1:46 Nathanael
replied,
“Can anything good come out of Nazareth?”
Philip replied,
“Come and see.”
John 6:42
6:42 and they said, “Isn’t this Jesus the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?”
John 7:41-42
7:41 Others said, “This is the Christ!”
But still others said, “No,
for the Christ doesn’t come from Galilee, does he?
7:42 Don’t the scriptures say that the Christ is
a descendant of David and
comes from Bethlehem,
the village where David lived?”
John 9:29
9:29 We know that God has spoken to Moses! We do not know where this man
comes from!”