Dictionary of Bible Themes  »  5000 Humanity  »  5200 Human civilisation  »  5560 suffering  »  5564 suffering, of Jesus Christ

Jesus Christ suffered on behalf of his people, showing both the reality of his human nature, and the extent of his love for humanity. Those sufferings reached their climax in the sufferings of Jesus Christ upon the cross, through which God chose to redeem the world.

The OT foretold Jesus Christ's suffering

NT references to the OT Scriptures

Luke 24:25-26 See also Luke 24:46; Acts 3:18; Acts 17:2-3; Acts 26:22-23; 1 Corinthians 15:3

Types and foreshadowings of Jesus Christ's suffering

Genesis 22:2,8,13; Exodus 12:22-23; 1 Samuel 19:5; 2 Samuel 16:11-12; 1 Kings 21:15; Psalm 55:12-14; Psalm 57:4; Hebrews 13:11-12

Prophetic statements of Jesus Christ's suffering

Genesis 3:15; Psalm 2:2; Psalm 22:1,7-8,12-18; Psalm 69:21; Isaiah 53:3-12

Jesus Christ himself foretold his suffering

Matthew 16:21 pp Luke 9:22 See also Matthew 17:12 pp Mark 9:12; Matthew 20:18-19 pp Mark 10:33-34 pp Luke 18:31-32; Mark 9:31; Luke 17:25; Luke 20:13-15 compare with Naboth (1Kings chapter 21); Luke 22:15; John 12:27

Aspects in Jesus Christ's suffering

The enmity of Satan

Genesis 3:15

In the temptation of Jesus Christ:

Matthew 4:1-3 pp Luke 4:1-3; Matthew 4:5 pp Luke 4:9; Matthew 4:8 pp Luke 4:5 pp Mark 1:13 Matthew 16:23

In entering Judas Iscariot:

Luke 22:3; John 13:27 John 14:30; Revelation 12:4

The hatred of the world

John 7:7 See also Matthew 2:13; John 1:10; John 3:20; John 15:18-20; 1 Corinthians 2:8

Rejection by his own people

John 1:11 See also Isaiah 53:1; Matthew 23:37; Luke 19:41-42; Luke 24:20; John 18:40; Acts 2:36; Acts 3:13; Acts 4:10; 1 Thessalonians 2:14-15

The failure of his disciples

Mark 14:50 pp Matthew 26:56 See also Matthew 16:22; Matthew 26:40,74-75; Luke 18:34

Betrayal by Judas

Matthew 26:23 pp Mark 14:18 pp Luke 22:21 pp John 13:21

God's judgment of his Son for the sins of the world

Matthew 27:46 pp Mark 15:34 See also Psalm 22:1; Isaiah 53:5-6,10; Luke 22:42; Romans 3:25-26; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Galatians 3:13; Hebrews 2:10,14; 1 Peter 2:24

Jesus Christ's willing submission to suffering

Matthew 26:42 pp Mark 14:36 pp Luke 22:42 See also Isaiah 53:7,11; Luke 23:46; Hebrews 5:7-8; Hebrews 12:2; 1 Peter 2:23

See also

1135  God, suffering of
2033  Christ, humanity
2324  Christ as Saviour
2339  Christ, example of
2410  cross, the
2570  Christ, suffering
4025  world, the
5798  betrayal
5827  curse
6614  atonement
6720  redemption