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(iv)
The manner of his sufferings, viz. by mocking and crucifixion
(a)
Jesus foretold that he should be mocked
Prophecy.-- Mark 9:12, 'The Son of Man must suffer many things, and be
set at nought'.-- Luke 18:31,32; Mark 10:34, 'The Son of Man shall be
delivered to the Gentiles, and shall be mocked and spitefully entreated, and
spitted on'.
Fulfilment.-- At the high priest's. Matthew 26:67,68; Mark 14:65,
'Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him with
the palms of their hands, saying, "Prophesy unto us, thou Christ, who is he
that smote thee"'.-- Before Herod. Luke 23:11, 'Herod with his men of war
set him at nought, and mocked him, and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe'.-- At
Pilate's judgment hall. Mark 15:17 -19; Matthew 27:28; John 19:2, 'They
clothed him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and put it about his
head, and began to salute him, "Hail, king of the Jews!" and they smote him
on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing their knees
worshipped him'.-- At the Cross. Mark 15:29 -32, 'They that passed by railed
on him, wagging their heads and saying, "Ah, thou that destroyest the temple,
and buildest it in three days, save thyself, and come down from the cross".
Likewise also, the chief priests, mocking, said, among themselves, with the
scribes, "He saved others, himself he cannot save; let Christ the king of
Israel descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe". And they
that were crucified with him reviled him'.
(b)
Jesus foretold that he should be crucified
Prophecy.-- John 3:14, 'As Moses lifted up the serpent in the
wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up'.-- John 12:32, 'And I,
if I be (more correctly, when I am) lifted up from the earth, will draw all
men unto me'.-- John 8:28, 'When ye have lifted up the Son of Man, then shall
ye know that I am he'.-- Matthew 20:19, '... to mock, and to scourge, and to
crucify him'.
Fulfilment.-- Matthew 27:31; John 19:16, 'They led him away to crucify
him'.-- Luke 23:33; Mark 15:20,25, 'When they were come to the place which is
called Calvary, there they crucified him'.-- Luke 24:6,7, 'Remember how he
spake to you ... The Son of Man must ... be crucified'. Compare also Luke
24:20; Acts 2:23 and 4:10; 1 Corinthians 1:23; Galatians 3:1.
§ 5.
Jesus Christ predicted his resurrection
Prophecy.-- John 2:19,21, 'Jesus said, "Destroy this temple, and in
three days I will raise it up"'. 'He spake of the temple of his body'.--
John 10:17, 'I lay down my life, that I might take it again'.-- Mark 10:34
(see also Mark 8:31; Luke 9:22), 'They shall kill him: and the third day he
shall rise again'.-- Matthew 27:62,63, 'The chief priests and Pharisees came
together unto Pilate, saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while
he was yet alive, "After three days I will rise again"'.
Fulfilment.-- Luke 24:5,6, 'Why seek ye the living among the dead? He
is not here but is risen; remember how he spake to you when he was yet in
Galilee'. See also Matthew 28:6 and 28:9,11; Luke 24:15,34,36; John 20:14,19
and 21:4.-- John 20:27, 'Then saith he to Thomas, "Reach hither thy finger,
and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand and thrust it into my side;
and be not faithless, but believing"'.-- Acts 1:3, 'To whom also he showed