Quotes About Suffering

In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side.

So he cried out, ëFather Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue. For I am in agony in this fire.í

But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.

He will be delivered over to the Gentiles and will be mocked and insulted and spit upon.

They will flog Him and kill Him, and on the third day He will rise again.”

So he sent another servant, but they beat him and treated him shamefully, sending him away empty-handed.

Then he sent a third, but they wounded him and threw him out.

But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. On account of My name they will deliver you to the synagogues and prisons, and they will bring you before kings and governors.

You will be betrayed even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and some of you will be put to death.

And you will be hated by everyone because of My name.

By your patient endurance you will gain your souls.

How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers! For there will be great distress upon the land and wrath against this people.

And He said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before My suffering.

For I tell you that this Scripture must be fulfilled in Me: ëAnd He was numbered with the transgressors.í For what is written about Me is reaching its fulfillment.”

“Father, if You are willing, take this cup from Me. Yet not My will, but Yours be done.”

And in His anguish, He prayed more earnestly, and His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.

But Jesus asked him, “Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?”

Then they seized Jesus, led Him away, and took Him into the house of the high priest. And Peter followed at a distance.

The men who were holding Jesus began to mock Him and beat Him.

They blindfolded Him and kept demanding, “Prophesy! Who hit You?”

And they said many other blasphemous things against Him.

Herod questioned Jesus at great length, but He gave no answer.

Meanwhile, the chief priests and scribes stood there, vehemently accusing Him.

And even Herod and his soldiers ridiculed and mocked Him. Dressing Him in a fine robe, they sent Him back to Pilate.