The theme of Christ bearing reproach is a significant aspect of Messianic prophecy, deeply rooted in the Old Testament and fulfilled in the New Testament. This entry explores the prophetic declarations concerning the Messiah's experience of scorn and their fulfillment in the life and ministry of Jesus Christ.

Old Testament Prophecies

1. Psalm 22:6-8: This psalm, often regarded as a Messianic prophecy, vividly describes the suffering and mockery the Messiah would endure. The psalmist writes, "But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people. All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads: 'He trusts in the LORD; let the LORD deliver him; let the LORD rescue him, since He delights in him.'"

2. Isaiah 53:3: Known as the Suffering Servant passage, Isaiah prophesies, "He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not."

3. Psalm 69:9: This psalm speaks to the zeal and subsequent reproach the Messiah would face: "For zeal for Your house has consumed me, and the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me."

New Testament Fulfillment

1. Matthew 27:39-44: The Gospel of Matthew records the fulfillment of these prophecies during the crucifixion of Jesus. "And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads and saying, 'You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross!' In the same way, the chief priests, scribes, and elders mocked Him, saying, 'He saved others, but He cannot save Himself. He is the King of Israel! Let Him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in Him.'"

2. John 1:11: The Apostle John succinctly captures the rejection of Christ, stating, "He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him."

3. Romans 15:3: The Apostle Paul references Psalm 69:9 in his epistle to the Romans, affirming its fulfillment in Christ: "For even Christ did not please Himself, but as it is written: 'The insults of those who insult You have fallen on Me.'"

The prophecies concerning the Messiah's bearing of reproach highlight the depth of His suffering and the extent of His rejection by those He came to save. These prophetic words, fulfilled in the life of Jesus, underscore the sacrificial nature of His mission and the fulfillment of God's redemptive plan through Christ.Romans 15:3
For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached you fell on me.
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John xix. 16-18
... disciple concerning His mother, fulfilling prophecies, holding forth ... men imagining
nothing great respecting Him; but ... the grave, leaving [2524] Christ his heir. ...
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Interpretation of Prophecy.
... to become absorbed in calculations beforehand respecting its dates ... a sober comparison
of the prophecies with the ... have a true reference to Christ's person and ...
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An Essay on the Scriptural Doctrine of Immortality.
... For this reason Jesus Christ, in fulfilment of a just ... Respecting the outward means
by which judgment is executed ... be regarded as an epitome of these prophecies. ...
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Bunsen's Biblical Researches.
... impelled to these or like conclusions respecting it, the ... the vast majority of the
prophecies are acknowledged ... themselves in the spirit of Christ; therefore, in ...
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The Seven Trumpets.
... as more appropriately pertaining to other prophecies, the defence ... It is that respecting
which they inquired, as ... TIMOTHY that the Lord JESUS CHRIST will judge ...
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A Holy Life the Beauty of Christianity: Or, an Exhortation to ...
... 16) So then, he that nameth the name of Christ by way of applying to himself his
benefits, and ... proof of what he saith to be true, by bearing forth before ...
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Book ii. Jerome Answers the Second, Third, and Fourth Propositions ...
... sinners, I am to infer His wishes respecting ourselves ... him." He that is righteous,
loves Christ: and if ... In my Father's house are many mansions," His meaning is ...
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Mr. Bunyan's Last Sermon:
... THAT is the way thou must go; it was cast up by the patriarchs, prophets, Christ,
and His Apostles; and it is as straight as a rule can make it. ...
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part i
... by means of good works, and by bravely bearing the miseries ... of the second state,
the transgression of His holy laws ... your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in ...
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part ii
... are almost constantly angry with others, almost constantly bearing malice against ...
see from the example of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who for His obedience was ...
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