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For he will be delivered up to the Gentiles, will be mocked, treated shamefully, and spit on.
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A Deliberate Sacrifice
Commentators like Charles Spurgeon emphasize that Jesus knew the specific, humiliating details of his suffering in advance. He wasn't a surprised victim but a deliberate Savior who foresaw being mocked, spat upon, and handed to the Gentiles, yet still chose this path out of love for his people.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
By the prophets. Those who foretold the coming of the Messiah, and whose predictions are recorded in the Old Testament.
Son of …
19th Century
Anglican
He shall be delivered unto the Gentiles.—The words are nearly the same as in the other Gospels, but the spitefully e…
Baptist
Then he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning…
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In this prediction, Jesus for the first time mentions the Gentiles as his executors. Luke attributes the ignorance of the disciples (a theme much e…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles As he was by the chief priests, Scribes, and elders, to Pilate, the Roma…
The Spirit of Christ, in the Old Testament prophets, testified beforehand to his sufferings and the glory that would follow ([Reference 1 Peter 1:1…
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