When Abraham’s servant heard this, he bowed to the ground before the Lord.
Mark 15:19 - Easy To Read Version The soldiers hit Jesus on the head many times with a stick. They also spit on him. Then \{they teased Jesus by\} bowing on their knees and worshiping him. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing their knees worshipped him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And they struck His head with a staff made of a [bamboo-like] reed and spat on Him and kept bowing their knees in homage to Him. [Isa. 50:6.] American Standard Version (1901) And they smote his head with a reed, and spat upon him, and bowing their knees worshipped him. Common English Bible Again and again, they struck his head with a stick. They spit on him and knelt before him to honor him. Catholic Public Domain Version And they struck his head with a reed, and they spit on him. And kneeling down, they reverenced him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And they struck his head with a reed: and they did spit on him. And bowing their knees, they adored him. |
When Abraham’s servant heard this, he bowed to the ground before the Lord.
The brothers answered, “Yes sir, our father is still alive.” And they again bowed before Joseph.
{Elijah, you are not the only faithful person in Israel. Those men will kill many people. But, even after that,} there will still be 7,000 people living in Israel that never bowed down to Baal! I will let those 7,000 people live—and none of those people ever kissed a Baal idol.
If God checked you very closely,\par would he show you are right?\par Do you really think you can fool God\par the same as you fool people?\par
They talk about me in public places.\par The beer drinkers make up songs about me.\par
“I make this promise by my own power. And when I make a promise, that promise is true. The thing I promise will happen! And I promise that every person will bow before me (God). And every person will promise \{to follow me\}.
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
I will let those people beat me. I will let them pull the hair from my beard. I will not hide my face when they say bad things to me and spit at me.
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 soldiers spit on Jesus. Then they took his stick and hit him on the head many times.
Those people will laugh at him and spit on him. They will beat him with whips and kill him. But on the third day after his death, he will rise to life again.”
Some of the people there spit at Jesus. They covered Jesus’ eyes and hit him with their fists. They said, “Be a prophet {\cf2\super [221]} and tell us who hit you!” Then the guards led Jesus away and beat him.
After they finished teasing Jesus, the soldiers took off the purple robe and put his own clothes on him again. Then they led Jesus out of the palace to be killed on a cross.
Jesus answered, “They are right to say that Elijah {\cf2\super [109]} must come first. Elijah makes all things the way they should be. But why does the Scripture {\cf2\super [110]} say that the Son of Man {\cf2\super [111]} will suffer much and that people will think he is worth nothing?
Some men were holding (guarding) Jesus. They made fun of Jesus and beat him.
Then Herod and his soldiers laughed at Jesus. They made fun of Jesus by dressing him in clothes like kings wear. Then Herod sent Jesus back to Pilate.
Even the soldiers laughed at Jesus and teased him. They came to Jesus and offered him some wine.
But what answer did God give Elijah? God said, “I have kept for myself 7,000 men that still worship me. These 7,000 men have not given worship to Baal. {\cf2\super [120]} ” {\cf2\super [121]}
God did this because he wants every person to bow for the name of Jesus. Every person in heaven, on the earth, and under the earth will bow.
So we should go to Jesus outside the camp. We should accept the same shame that Jesus had.