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Keach's Catechism, Question 31

Question 31

Wherein did Christ's humiliation consist?

Christ's humiliation consisted in His being born, and that in a low condition, made under the law, undergoing the miseries of this life, the wrath of God, and the cursed death of the cross, in being buried, and continuing under the power of death for a time.

Scripture references for paragraph 1

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Luke 2:7

7And she gave birth to her firstborn, a Son. She wrapped Him in swaddling cloths and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

Galatians 4:4

4But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

Isaiah 53:3

3He 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.

Luke 22:44

44And in His anguish, He prayed more earnestly, and His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.

Matthew 27:46

46About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”

Philippians 2:8

8And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death— even death on a cross.

Matthew 12:40

40For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Mark 15:45-46

45When Pilate had confirmed it with the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph.

46So Joseph bought a linen cloth, took down the body of Jesus, wrapped it in the cloth, and placed it in a tomb that had been cut out of the rock. Then he rolled a stone against the entrance to the tomb.

Source and edition

Keach's Catechism. NonlinearFruit/Creeds.json, Unlicense. Creeds.json, English transcription

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