MATTHEW 16: 13-16
When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, "Who do people say the Son of Man is?" They repied, Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets."
"But what about you?" he asked, "Who do you say I am?" Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."
Jesus replied, "Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by man, but by my Father in heaven. And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it."
PSALM 22
I AM POURED OUT LIKE WATER, AND ALL MY BONES ARE OUT OF JOINT. MY HEART HAS TURNED TO WAX; IT HAS MELTED AWAY WITHIN ME. MY STRENGTH IS DRIED UP LIKE A POTSHERD, AND MY TONGUE STICKS TO THE ROOF OF MY MOUTH; YOU LAY ME IN THE DUST OF DEATH.
ISAIAH 50: 6
I offered my back to those who beat me, my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard; I did not hide my face from mocking and spitting. Because the Sovereign Lord helps me, I will not be disgraced.
ISAIAH 53: 4-6
Surely he took up our infirmaries and carried our sorrows, yet we considered him stricken by GOD, smitten by him and afflicted.
But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed.
MATTHEW / MARK/ LUKE / JOHN
They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, and then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand and knelt in front of him and mocked him. "Hail, king of the Jews!" they said. They spit on him, and took the staff and struck him on the head again and again. After they had mocked him, they took off the robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him away to crucify him.
JOHN 20: 6-9
Then Simon Peter, who was behind him, arrived and went into the tomb. He saw the strips of linen lying there, as well as the burial cloth that had been around Jesus' head. The cloth was folded up by itself, seperate from the linen. Finally the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went inside. He saw and believed.
ACTS 19: 12
God did extraordinary miracles through Paul, so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and their illnesses were cured and the evil spirits left them.
JOHN 20: 29
Then Jesus told him, "Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed."
1 JOHN 4: 12,15,16
No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in him and he in God. And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. GOD IS LOVE. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him.
1 CORINTHIANS 13: 4-8
LOVE (Jesus) IS PATIENT, LOVE (Jesus) IS KIND. IT(He) DOES NOT ENVY, IT (Jesus) DOES NOT BOAST, IT (Jesus) IS NOT PROUD. IT (Jesus) IS NOT RUDE, IT (Jesus) IS NOT SELF-SEEKING, IT (Jesus) IS NOT EASILY ANGERED, IT (Jesus) KEEPS NO RECORD OF WRONGS. LOVE (Jesus) DOES NOT DELIGHT IN EVIL BUT REJOICES WITH THE TRUTH. IT (Jesus) ALWAYS PROTECTS, ALWAYS TRUSTS, ALWAYS HOPES, ALWAYS PERSEVERES. LOVE (Jesus) NEVER FAILS.
HEBREWS 11: 1
Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.