JESUS SUFFERED We seldom take the time to consider just how much Jesus suffered for us. LET US TAKE TIME TO CONSIDER HOW HE SUFFERED
HE WAS TROUBLED, DEEPLY DISTRESSED, & EXCEEDINGLY SORROWFUL Mark 14: 32-35
HE FELL ON HIS FACE Matthew 26:39
HE SWEAT AS BLOOD Luke 22:44
HIS FRIENDS WERE OBLIVIOUS TO HIS PLIGHT Mark 14:40-41 Matthew 26:48-50
HE WAS BETRAYED BY HIS FRIEND JUDAS Matthew 26:20-25
HE WAS ARRESTED BY AN ARMED MOB Matthew 26:47 Matthew 26:55 John 18:3
ALL HIS FRIENDS ABANDONED HIM Mark 14:27 Mark 14:50-52
HE WAS TAKEN AWAY IN FETTERS John 18:12
HE WAS MARCHED, FIRST, TO THE HOUSE OF THE HIGH PRIEST’S FATHER- IN-LAW John 18:13-14
PETER DENIED HIM John 13:37-38 John 18:15-17
HE WAS INTERROGATED, FIRST, BY THE HIGH PRIEST John 18:19-21
AN OFFICER OF THE PRIEST STRUCK HIM John 18:22-23
HE WAS FETTERED A SECOND TIME John 18:24
HE WAS MARCHED, SECOND, TO THE HOUSE OF THE HIGH PRIEST John 18:24
HE WAS INTERROGATED, SECOND, BY THE ELDERS, CHIEF PRIESTS, & SCRIBES Luke 22:66-68
PERJURY WAS INDUCED AGAINST HIM Matthew 26:59-61
HE WAS COMPELLED TO TESTIFY AGAINST HIMSELF Matthew 26:62-63
HE WAS CONVICTED OF A CHARGE FOR WHICH HE WAS NOT ORIGINALLY INDICTED Matthew 26:64-66
HE WAS SPAT UPON Matthew 26:67
HE WAS BLINDFOLDED & BEATEN Mark 14:65
OFFICERS STRUCK HIM Mark 14:65
HE WAS MOCKED & BLASPHEMED Luke 22:63-65
HIS BEARD WAS PLUCKED Isaiah 50:6
PETER DENIED HIM, AGAIN, WHILE SWEARING Matthew 26:71-72
PETER DENIED HIM, A THIRD TIME, WHILE CURSING Matthew 26:73-74
HE WAS FETTERED A THIRD TIME Matthew 27:2
HE WAS MARCHED, THIRD, TO THE PRAETORIUM John 18:28
HE WAS ACCUSED IN PILATE’S COURT OF DIFFERENT CHARGES THAN HE WAS PREVIOUSLY CONVICTED OF IN THE JEWISH COUNCIL Luke 23:1-2
HE WAS INTERROGATED, THIRD, BY PONTIUS PILATE Matthew 27:11-14
HE WAS MARCHED, FOURTH, TO THE COURT OF KING HEROD Luke 23:6-7
HE WAS INTERROGATED, FOURTH, BY HEROD Luke 23:9-10
HE WAS MOCKED BY HEROD’S TROOPS Luke 23:11
HE WAS MARCHED, FIFTH, BACK TO THE PRAETORIUM Luke 23:11
HE WAS SENTENCED TO DEATH AS A MURDERER WENT FREE Luke 23:13-25
HE WAS SCOURGED John 19:1
HE WAS STRIPPED & MADE TO WEAR A SCARLET ROBE Matthew 27:28
HE WORE A CROWN OF THORNS John 19:2
HE WAS STRUCK BY THE SOLDIERS John 19:3
HE WAS SPAT UPON, AGAIN Matthew 27:30
HE WAS STRUCK ON THE HEAD WITH A REED, WHILE WEARING THE CROWN OF THORNS Mark 15:19
HE WAS MOCKED BY THE SOLDIERS Matthew 27:31
THE PURPLE ROBE, THAT WOULD HAVE CLOTTED TO HIS OPEN WOUNDS, WAS TORN FROM HIS BACK & REPLACED WITH HIS OWN CLOTHES Mark 15:20
HE BORE HIS OWN CROSS John 19:17
SIMON OF CYRENE WAS MADE TO CARRY THE CROSS, IMPLYING JESUS WAS UNABLE TO BEAR IT HIMSELF Matthew 27:32
HE WAS MARCHED, SIXTH, TO GOLGOTHA Mark 15:22
HE DECLINED A MILD SEDATIVE Mark 15:23
HIS GARMENTS, TO WHICH HIS OPEN WOUNDS WERE ONCE AGAIN CLOTTING, WERE REMOVED TO BE DISTRIBUTED AMONG THE SOLDIERS Mark 15:24
HE WAS CRUCIFIED Mark 15:25
HIS HANDS AND FEET NAILED TO THE CROSS Psalm 22:16
HE WAS BLASPHEMED BY PASSERSBY, CHIEF PRIESTS, SCRIBES, ELDERS, THE ROBBERS CRUCIFIED WITH HIM Matthew 27:39-44
HE WAS BLASPHEMED BY THE SOLDIERS Luke 23:36-37
HE HUNG ON THE CROSS SIX HOURS Mark 15:25, 33, 37
WITH TORTURED BREATH, HE UTTERED WORDS OF GRACE Luke 23:34, 43
JESUS IS OUR EXAMPLE 1 Peter 2: Peter 4:12-19 Christ suffered for us, and we should suffer for Him. The worst part about all this suffering:
HE IS CRUCIFIED, AGAIN, WHENEVER A CHRISTIAN GOES INTO APOSTASY Hebrews 6:4-6
CONCLUSION Do we ever consider that Jesus suffered and died because of me? It was my sin that sent Jesus to the Cross to die. For all those who fail to reach heaven, Jesus died in vain for them. Consider just how much He suffered for you, and thank Him.