...should be insulted, buffeted, and spit upon, Ps. 35. 15, 21 ; — and should be scourged, Is. 50. 6. "I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them...hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting." The eastern people always held the beard in great veneration ; and to pluck a man's beard is one of...

...should be insulted, buffeted, and spit upon, Ps. 35. 15, 21 ; — and should be scourged, Is. 50. 6. "I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them...hair : I hid not my face from shame and spitting.'' The eastern people always held the beard in great veneration ; and to pluck a man's beard is one of...

...to appear in a servile and base condition ? The same prophet again brings him in speaking thus: ' 1 gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them...hair ! I hid not my face from shame and spitting.' His offending the Jews and aggravating their sins is also expressed by this same prophet; ' And,' saith...

...assault him, whether on earth or in hell0. Thus also may you anticipate the shouts of victory, and say, " The Lord God will help me : therefore shall I not...a flint ; and I know that I shall not be ashamed. He is near that justifieth me : who will contend with me ? Let us stand together : who is mine adversary...

...learned. 5 H The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back. 6 I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them...hair : I hid not my face from shame and spitting. 7 IT For the Lord GOD will help me ; therefore shall I not be confounded : therefore Jiave I set my...

...smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully ; they have gathered themselves together against me. Job xvi. 10. »aid unto the nek of the palsy, Son, be of good cheer...forgiven thee. And behold, certain of the scribes said It. L fi. Ile giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him ; be is filled full with reproach. La. iii....

...He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered. And plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame...therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set nay face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed. Isaiah 50:5-7. Ye have heard the blasphemy:...

...shall look on him whom they pierced. John 19:34,37. WILLING VICTIM TO PAY FOR OUR SINS ON A CROSS: The Lord God hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious,...my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from...

...tyrants. Giving His Back to the Smiters and His Cheeks to the Persecutors Isaiah 50:6 says of the Lord, "I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them...hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting." This is a very descriptive word telling us how the Lord behaved Himself as a Slave. He turned His back...

...Man who ever trod our earth, should be scourged and spat upon? Yet such an experience was foretold: "I gave My back to the smiters, and My cheeks to them...the hair: I hid not My face from shame and spitting" (Is. 50:6) . Furthermore, the form of capital punishment reserved for Jewish criminals was "stoning...