He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.

Saying, Prophesy unto us, thou Christ, Who is he that smote thee?

Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put {him} to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see {his} seed, he shall prolong {his} days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. {thou...: or, his soul shall make an offering}

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. {author: or, beginner}

Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, {and} his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, {and} the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee. {whom man...: or, that is despised in soul}

Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch.

But I {am} a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.

Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared; {in that...: or, for his piety}

Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third day.

I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.

For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as {we are, yet} without sin.

Jesus wept.

Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries {are} all before thee.

And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.

And I said unto them, If ye think good, give {me} my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty {pieces} of silver. {If ye...: Heb. If it be good in your eyes}

Then he took {unto him} the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished.

And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,

And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.

And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought.

When I wept, {and chastened} my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.

And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing {their} knees worshipped him.

And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.

The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let {him} go.

But I {am} poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.

Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?

Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.

Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.

But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered {with fatness}; then he forsook God {which} made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me. {lothed...: Heb. was straightened for them}

Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value; {whom...: or, whom they bought of the children of Israel}

And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy.

And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this {man}, and release unto us Barabbas:

And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,

And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

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. {author: or, beginner}

But I {am} a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.

Jesus wept.

Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, {and} his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, {and} the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee. {whom man...: or, that is despised in soul}

Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put {him} to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see {his} seed, he shall prolong {his} days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. {thou...: or, his soul shall make an offering}

He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.

And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put {it} upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!

But I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them.

Saying, Prophesy unto us, thou Christ, Who is he that smote thee?

And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house.

For I {am} ready to halt, and my sorrow {is} continually before me. {to halt: Heb. for halting}

For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on:

For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and {in his} Father's, and of the holy angels.

If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before {it hated} you.

And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal Saul's daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart.

Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared; {in that...: or, for his piety}

But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation.

And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them derided {him}, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God.

Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.

And he left them, and entering into the ship again departed to the other side.

And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.

And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.

And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the servants did strike him with the palms of their hands.

I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, {and} I cried in the congregation.

The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid. {ungodly men: Heb. Belial}

I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.

Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries {are} all before thee.

For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.

For I {am} poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.

The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow. {gat...: Heb. found me}

The heart of the wise {is} in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools {is} in the house of mirth.

He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.

And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify {him}: and the third day he shall rise again.

And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou {wilt}.

And the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing? what {is it which} these witness against thee?

And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain.

And he spake that saying openly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him.

And they shall mock him, and shall scourge him, and shall spit upon him, and shall kill him: and the third day he shall rise again.

And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing {their} knees worshipped him.

And Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and mocked {him}, and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate.

And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put {it} on his head, and they put on him a purple robe,

We {are} fools for Christ's sake, but ye {are} wise in Christ; we {are} weak, but ye {are} strong; ye {are} honourable, but we {are} despised.

Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, {false...: or, one who foments strife}

I {am} the man {that} hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.

And the men that held Jesus mocked him, and smote {him}.

But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?

I sleep, but my heart waketh: {it is} the voice of my beloved that knocketh, {saying}, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, {and} my locks with the drops of the night.

Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?

Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.

I {am} small and despised: {yet} do not I forget thy precepts.

I {am} afflicted and ready to die from {my} youth up: {while} I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.

I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children.

Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.

For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,

All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, {saying}, {shoot...: Heb. open}

Then Pilate said unto them, Why, what evil hath he done? And they cried out the more exceedingly, Crucify him.

And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch.

And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head.

In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David {shall be} as God, as the angel of the LORD before them. {feeble: or, abject: Heb. fallen}