and they will mock Him, and scourge Him, and spit on Him, and kill Him. And the third day He will rise again.”
Parallel translations
- WEB They will mock him, spit on him, scourge him, and kill him. On the third day he will rise again.”
- KJV And they shall mock him, and shall scourge him, and shall spit upon him, and shall kill him: and the third day he shall rise again.
- BSB who will mock Him and spit on Him and flog Him and kill Him. And after three days He will rise again.”
- NASB And they will mock Him and spit on Him, and flog Him and kill Him; and three days later He will rise from the dead.”
- NLT They will mock him, spit on him, flog him with a whip, and kill him, but after three days he will rise again.”
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Jesus foretells mocking, spitting, scourging, death, and resurrection on the third day. He embraces the full horror of the cross and the certainty of his rising.
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The graphic catalog of suffering that follows is fulfilled precisely in the passion narrative. Yet Jesus ends every prediction with the resurrection, the triumph beyond the tomb. His foreknowledge and willing endurance reveal both his deity and his self-giving love as the One who gives his life as a ransom for many.
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- Matt 26:67Then they spit in his face and beat him with their fists, and some slapped him,
- Mark 14:65Some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to beat him with fists, and to tell him, “Prophesy!” The officers struck him with the palms of their hands.
- Matt 16:21From that time, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up.
- Luke 22:63–65The men who held Jesus mocked him and beat him.
- Mark 15:17–20They clothed him with purple, and weaving a crown of thorns, they put it on him.
- Isa 50:6I gave my back to those who beat me, and my cheeks to those who plucked off the hair. I didn’t hide my face from shame and spitting.
- Mark 15:29–31Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads, and saying, “Ha! You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days,
- Luke 23:35–39The people stood watching. The rulers with them also scoffed at him, saying, “He saved others. Let him save himself, if this is the Christ of God, his chosen one!”
- Luke 23:11Herod with his soldiers humiliated him and mocked him. Dressing him in luxurious clothing, they sent him back to Pilate.
- John 19:2–3The soldiers twisted thorns into a crown, and put it on his head, and dressed him in a purple garment.
- Mark 14:63The high priest tore his clothes, and said, “What further need have we of witnesses?
- John 1:17For the law was given through Moses. Grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ.
- Matt 12:39–40But he answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, but no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet.
- Ps 16:10For you will not leave my soul in Sheol, neither will you allow your holy one to see corruption.
- John 2:10and said to him, “Everyone serves the good wine first, and when the guests have drunk freely, then that which is worse. You have kept the good wine until now!”
- 1 Cor 15:4that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,
- Isa 53:3He was despised, and rejected by men; a man of suffering, and acquainted with disease. He was despised as one from whom men hide their face; and we didn’t respect him.
- Job 30:10They abhor me, they stand aloof from me, and don’t hesitate to spit in my face.
- Ps 22:6–8But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised by the people.
- Hos 6:2After two days he will revive us. On the third day he will raise us up, and we will live before him.
- Ps 22:13They open their mouths wide against me, lions tearing prey and roaring.
- Matt 27:27–44Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium, and gathered the whole garrison together against him.
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