Quotes About Suffering

Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.

When Mary came to Jesus and saw Him, she fell at His feet and said, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.”

But some of them asked, “Could not this man who opened the eyes of the blind also have kept Lazarus from dying?”

So from that day on they plotted to kill Him.

But one of His disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was going to betray Him, asked,

He said this to indicate the kind of death He was going to die.

If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first.

Remember the word that I spoke to you: ëNo servant is greater than his master.í If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you as well; if they kept My word, they will keep yours as well.

But they will treat you like this because of My name, since they do not know the One who sent Me.

But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ëThey hated Me without reason.í

They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God.

Then Simon Peter drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his right ear. The servantís name was Malchus.

Then the band of soldiers, with its commander and the officers of the Jews, arrested Jesus and bound Him.

Jesus replied, “If I said something wrong, testify as to what was wrong. But if I spoke correctly, why did you strike Me?”

This was to fulfill the word that Jesus had spoken to indicate the kind of death He was going to die.

Then Pilate took Jesus and had Him flogged.

The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns, set it on His head, and dressed Him in a purple robe.

And they went up to Him again and again, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and slapping Him in the face.

When Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe, Pilate said to them, “Here is the man!”

Then Pilate handed Jesus over to be crucified, and the soldiers took Him away.

Carrying His own cross, He went out to The Place of the Skull, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha.

There they crucified Him, and with Him two others, one on each side, with Jesus in the middle.

Near the cross of Jesus stood His mother and her sister, as well as Mary the wife of Clopas and Mary Magdalene.

After this, knowing that everything had now been accomplished, and to fulfill the Scripture, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.”