Their mouths are wide open\par like a lion roaring\par and tearing at an animal.\par
Luke 22:63 - Easy To Read Version Some men were holding (guarding) Jesus. They made fun of Jesus and beat him. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the men that held Jesus mocked him, and smote him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Now the men who had Jesus in custody treated Him with contempt and scoffed at and ridiculed Him and beat Him; American Standard Version (1901) And the men that held Jesus mocked him, and beat him. Common English Bible The men who were holding Jesus in custody taunted him while they beat him. Catholic Public Domain Version And the men who were holding him ridiculed him and beat him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the men that held him, mocked him, and struck him. |
Their mouths are wide open\par like a lion roaring\par and tearing at an animal.\par
Don’t let those people say,\par “Aha! We got what we wanted!”\par Lord, don’t let them say,\par “We destroyed him!”\par
The Lord, the Holy One of Israel,\par the Protector of Israel says,\par “My Servant is humble.\par He serves rulers.\par But people hate him.\par But, kings will see him,\par and stand \{to honor him\}.\par Great leaders will bow down to him.”\par
People made fun of him, and his friends left him. He was a man that had much pain. He knew sickness very well. People did not even give him the honor of looking at him. We did not even notice him.
Now, strong city, {\cf2\super [59]} gather your soldiers.\par They are surrounding us for the attack!\par They will hit the Judge of Israel\par on the cheek with their stick.\par
The high priest {\cf2\super [231]} asked Jesus questions about his followers. He asked Jesus questions about the things Jesus taught.
When Jesus said this, one of the guards standing there hit him. The guard said, “You should not talk to the high priest {\cf2\super [234]} like that!”
We should always follow the example of Jesus. Jesus is the leader in our faith. And he makes our faith perfect. He suffered death on the cross. But Jesus accepted the shame of the cross like it was nothing. He did this because of the joy that God put before him. And now he is sitting at the right side of God’s throne.
People said bad things to Christ, but he did not say bad things to them. Christ suffered, but he did not threaten (speak against) the people. No! Christ let God take care of him. God is the One who judges rightly.