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The harmony of the Gospels in the holy history of the humiliation and sufferings…
The harmony of the Gospels in the holy history of the humiliation and sufferings of Jesus Christ from his incarnation to his death and burial published by John Eliot ...
Boston: printed by John Foster, 1678
The Harmony of the GOSPELS in the holy History of the Humiliation a… › Chapter 11 › Section 6
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1. They spit upon him, Mark. 14.65. which is an act of the greatest disdain in the doer, and of the greatest disgrace in the sufferer, a contempt that few will do to a dog, especially in the Nation of the Jew, it was a very great contempt, which the Lord himself foretold and described, Luk. 18.32. he shall be mocked, spitefully entreated, and spit upon.
1. They spit upon him, Mark. 14.65. which is an act of the greatest disdain in the doer, and of the greatest disgrace in the sufferer, a contempt that few will do to a dog, especially in the Nation of the Jew, it was a very great contempt, which the Lord himself foretold and described, Luk. 18.32. he shall be mocked, spitefully intreated, and spit upon.
2. They spit in his face, Math. 26.67. this was the highest degree of the reproach of spitting. God gave a Law about it, Deut. 25.7, 8, 9, 10. it is the disgrace of him that is unkind to his brother, a most improper and unsuitable disgrace unto Jesus Christ, when he was doing the greatest act of love and kindness not only to his Brother, but to his Enemies.
3. They mocked him,