My God, my God!\par Why did you leave me?\par You are too far away to save me!\par You are too far away to hear my cries for help!\par
Psalm 22:16 - Easy To Read Version The “dogs” are all around me.\par That pack {\cf2\super [128]} of evil people\par has trapped me.\par Like a lion, \{they have pierced\}\par my hands and my feet.” {\cf2\super [129]} \par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For dogs have compassed me: The assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: They pierced my hands and my feet. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For [like a pack of] dogs they have encompassed me; a company of evildoers has encircled me, they pierced my hands and my feet. [Isa. 53:7; John 19:37.] American Standard Version (1901) For dogs have compassed me: A company of evil-doers have inclosed me; They pierced my hands and my feet. Common English Bible Dogs surround me; a pack of evil people circle me like a lion— oh, my poor hands and feet! |
My God, my God!\par Why did you leave me?\par You are too far away to save me!\par You are too far away to hear my cries for help!\par
Lord, save my life from the sword.\par Save my precious life from those dogs.\par
Because of my sickness,\par my friends and neighbors\par will not visit me.\par My family will not come near me.\par
Those evil men come into town\par in the evening like growling dogs\par roaming through town.\par
Those evil men are like dogs\par that come into town in the evening,\par growling and roaming through town.\par
Proud men are attacking me, God.\par A gang of cruel men\par are trying to kill me.\par And those men don’t respect you.\par
But he was given pain to suffer for the wrong things we did. He was crushed for our guilt. A debt we owed—our punishment—was given to him. We were healed (forgiven) because of his pain.
These men are your own brothers.\par Members of your own family\par are making plans against you.\par People from your own family\par are yelling at you.\par Don’t trust them,\par even when they speak to you like friends.”\par
The men that arrested Jesus led him to the house of Caiaphas the high priest. {\cf2\super [413]} The teachers of the law and the older Jewish leaders were gathered there.
The soldiers nailed Jesus to a cross. Then the soldiers gambled with dice to decide who would get Jesus’ clothes.
“Don’t give holy things to dogs. They will only turn and hurt you. And don’t throw your pearls to pigs. They will only step on them.
The soldiers nailed Jesus to a cross. Then the soldiers divided Jesus’ clothes among themselves. They gambled with dice to decide which clothes each soldier would get.
But the people continued to shout. They demanded that Jesus be killed on the cross. Their shouting became so loud that
Jesus and the two criminals were led to a place called “The Skull.” There the soldiers nailed Jesus to his cross. They also nailed the criminals to their crosses. They put one criminal beside Jesus on the right, and they put the other criminal beside Jesus on the left.
After the soldiers nailed Jesus to the cross, they took his clothes. They divided his clothes into four parts. Each soldier got one part. They also took his tunic. {\cf2\super [246]} It was all one piece of cloth woven from top to bottom.
But one of the soldiers stuck his spear into Jesus’ side. Blood and water came out.
and, “People will look at the one they stuck \{with the spear\}.” {\cf2\super [256]}
The other followers told Thomas, “We saw the Lord.” Thomas said, “I will not believe it until I see the nail holes in his hands. And I will not believe until I put my finger where the nails were and put my hand into his side.”
Then Jesus said to Thomas, “Put your finger here. Look at my hands. Put your hand here in my side. Stop doubting and start believing.”
Be careful of those people who do evil. They are like dogs. They demand to cut {\cf2\super [15]} the body.
Outside the city are the dogs (bad people), people who do evil magic, people who sin sexually, people who murder, people who worship idols, {\cf2\super [175]} and people who love lies and tell lies.