He Rises to Win the Victory The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here; he has risen, just as he said.” (Matthew …
He Forgives Them All Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” (Luke 23:34) [He] made intercession for the transgressors. (Isaiah 53:12) A popular Christian writer accepted an invitation to dinner at the home …
They Crucify Him Carrying his own cross, [Jesus] went out to the place of the Skull (which in Aramaic is called Golgotha). There they crucified him, and with him two others—one on each side and Jesus in the middle. (John …
They Mock Him They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, and then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand. Then they knelt in front …
They Flog Him Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged. (John 19:1) I offered my back to those who beat me. (Isaiah 50:6) The punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed. …
Peter Denies Him After a little while, those standing there went up to Peter and said, “Surely you are one of them; your accent gives you away.” Then he began to call down curses, and he swore to them, “I …
They Forsake Him The men stepped forward, seized Jesus and arrested him. . . . Then all the disciples deserted him and fled. (Matthew 26:50, 56) He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar …
The Suffering Servant “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!” (Matthew 21:9) He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. Surely he took …