...that " Pilate marvelled greatly. Matt, xxvii. n to " 14. and Markv. 2 to j." St. Peter says of him, " when he was reviled, he reviled not " again ; when he suffered, he threatened not. " I Pet. ii. 23." and instead of calling for vengeance whilst he was in the agonies...

...rain on the just and on the unjust." His instructions were illustrated and enforced by his example. " When he was reviled, he reviled not again, when he suffered, he threatened not, but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously." With his dying breath he interceded...

...rain on the just and on the unjust," His instructions were illustrated and enforced by his example. " When he was reviled, he reviled not again, when he suffered, he threatened not, but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously." With his dying breath he interceded...

...PATIENCE less observable. He suffered for us, leaving us an example that w$ should follow his steps ; when he was reviled, he reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not. He deeply felt indeed every affliction, as appears from his intense prayers during...

...extraordinary meekness; answering their petulant invectives either with calm reasoning or dignified silence. " When he was reviled, he reviled not again, when he suffered he threatened not." Accordingly, we find many instances of that self command, which he maintained under...

...the blessed Saviour gave these qualities the expressive N recommendation of his own example. " He was led as a lamb to the slaughter ; and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth." ii. OUR LORD, designing to join WISDOM and INNOCENCE together, proposes the serpent for...

...Joseph, a greater than David, a greater than Stephen, is here. HE endured every kind of insult ; but " when he was reviled, he reviled not again : when he suffered, he threatened not ; but committed himself to Him that judged righteously." Go to the foot of the cross,...

...manner of spirit ye are of: for the Son of Man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them. t When he was reviled, he reviled not again ; when he suffered, he threatened not. The insults which he often received from a brutal multitude, had no power to alter...

...was also forgiving. Under reproaches, slanders, and contumelies, he was always gentle : " As a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth." When termed a devil, he refuted the odious charge, only by showing the benevolence of heaven, and proving...

...manner of spirit ye are of: for the Son of Man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them.^ When he was reviled, he reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not. The insults which he often received from a brutal multitude, had no power to alter...