Quotes About Suffering

but they kept shouting, “Crucify Him! Crucify Him!”

But they were insistent, demanding with loud voices for Jesus to be crucified. And their clamor prevailed.

As the soldiers led Him away, they seized Simon of Cyrene on his way in from the country, and put the cross on him to carry behind Jesus.

A great number of people followed Him, including women who kept mourning and wailing for Him.

But Jesus turned to them and said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.

At that time ëthey will say to the mountains, “Fall on us!” and to the hills, “Cover us!”í

Two others, who were criminals, were also led away to be executed with Jesus.

When they came to the place called The Skull, they crucified Him there, along with the criminals, one on His right and the other on His left.

Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” And they divided up His garments by casting lots.

The people stood watching, and the rulers sneered at Him, saying, “He saved others; let Him save Himself if He is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.”

The soldiers also mocked Him and came up to offer Him sour wine.

“If You are the King of the Jews,” they said, “save Yourself!”

One of the criminals who hung there heaped abuse on Him. “Are You not the Christ?” he said. “Save Yourself and us!”

It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over all the land until the ninth hour.

The sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn down the middle.

But all those who knew Jesus, including the women who had followed Him from Galilee, stood at a distance watching these things.

He went to Pilate to ask for the body of Jesus.

Our chief priests and rulers delivered Him up to the sentence of death, and they crucified Him.

Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and then to enter His glory?”

And He told them, “This is what is written: The Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day,

He was speaking about Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. For although Judas was one of the Twelve, he was later to betray Jesus.

and His disciples asked Him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”

Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but this happened so that the works of God would be displayed in him.

So on hearing that Lazarus was sick, He stayed where He was for two days,