7. Read the evangelistic narrative of the ridicule endured by the
Crucified One, and then consider how it grieved him. The iron entered into his
soul. The scornful ridicule of our Lord was unanimous. Which shall we wonder at
the most, the cruelty of man or the love of the bleeding Saviour? How can we
ever complain of ridicule after this? Pouting, grinning, shaking of the head,
thrusting out of the tongue, and other modes of derision were endured by our
patient Lord; men made faces at him before whom angels veil their faces and
adore. They punned upon his prayers; they made matter for laughter of his
sufferings, and set him utterly at nought.
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