Hebrews 12:2
looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
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Numbers 21:9Moses made a serpent of bronze, and set it on the pole. If a serpent had bitten any man, when he looked at the serpent of bronze, he lived.
Psalms 22:6But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised by the people.
Psalms 110:1The LORD says to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool for your feet.”
Isaiah 8:17I will wait for the LORD, who hides his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
Isaiah 45:22“Look to me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.
Isaiah 50:6I gave my back to those who beat me, and my cheeks to those who plucked off the hair. I didn’t 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 →