Hebrews 12:2
looking to the Author and Perfecter of the faith—Jesus, who, for the joy set before Him, endured a cross, having despised shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God;
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Numbers 21:9And Moses makes a serpent of bronze, and sets it on the ensign, and it has been, if the serpent has bitten any man, and he has looked expectingly to the serpent of bronze—he has lived.
Psalms 22:6And I [am] a worm, and no man, || A reproach of man, and despised of the people.
Psalms 110:1A PSALM OF DAVID. A declaration of YHWH to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand, || Until I make Your enemies Your footstool.”
Isaiah 8:17And I have waited for YHWH, || Who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob, || And I have looked for Him.
Isaiah 45:22Turn to Me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth, || For I [am] God, and there is none else.
Isaiah 50:6I have given My back to those striking, || And My cheeks to those plucking out, || I did not hide My face from shame and spitting.
Matthew Henry on Hebrews 12:2-4
Christ the Great Exemplar. ( a. d. 62.) 1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, 2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. 3 For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners… Read the whole commentary →