"But He was pierced for our transgressions,
He was crushed for our iniquities" (Isaiah 53:5) "This man was
handed over to you by God's set purpose and foreknowledge; and you,
with the help of wicked men, put Him to death by nailing Him to the
cross" (Acts 2:23). "God made Him who had no sin to be sin for us,
so...
"He is despised and rejected of men; a man of
sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces
from Him; He was despised, and we esteemed Him not" (Isaiah 53:3).
"Jesus knew that the time had come for Him to leave this world and
go to the Father. Having loved His own who were in the
world,...
"After this, Jesus, knowing that all things
were now accomplished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said,
"I thirst!'" (John 19:29). "For the joy set before Him He endured
the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of
the throne of God. Consider Him who endured such
opposition...
"As the time approached for Him to be taken
up to heaven, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem" (Luke 9:51).
"Consider Him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that
you will not grow weary and lose heart" (Hebrews
12:3).