Hebrews 12:2
Looking vnto Iesus the authour and finisher of our faith, who for the ioy that was set before him, endured the crosse, and despised the shame, and is set at the right hand of the throne of God.
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Numbers 21:9So Moses made a serpent of brasse, and set it vp for a signe: and when a serpent had bitten a man, then he looked to the serpent of brasse, and liued.
Psalms 22:6But I am a worme, and not a man: a shame of men, and the contempt of the people.
Psalms 110:1A Psalme of David. The Lord said vnto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, vntill I make thine enemies thy footestoole.
Isaiah 8:17Therefore I will waite vpon the Lord that hath hid his face from the house of Iaakob, and I wil looke for him.
Isaiah 45:22Looke vnto me, and ye shall be saued: all the endes of the earth shall be saued: for I am God, and there is none other.
Isaiah 50:6I gaue my backe vnto the smiters, and my cheekes to the nippers: I hidde not 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 →