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- Suffering, a subject the site gathers pages under.Life questions · Why it hurts, what God says about it, and where He is in it.
- Suffering, a theme of Scripture.Suffering enters the story at the Fall. Genesis 3 turns childbirth into pain and labor into toil, and the rest of the Old Testament treats hardship as the ordinary texture of…
- Suffering, a heading of the topical index.Suffering in Scripture is not explained away but inhabited — by Job, by the psalms of lament, by the prophets, by the Suffering Servant of Isaiah 53, and finally by Christ on…
- Suffering Servant Shall Prolong His Days, a messianic prophecy.Isaiah's Suffering Servant dies as a sin offering, yet afterward 'sees his seed,' 'prolongs his days,' and is 'satisfied.' A dead servant cannot see descendants or prolong his…
- Suffering Servant, a featured study.Isaiah 52:13–53:12 and its fulfillment in the passion of Christ: the densest messianic prophecy in the Hebrew Bible.
Featured studies
7 results- StudyJob: the Study GuideGod does not unseal the file on why the righteous suffer; He unveils Himself. The prose frame, the collapsing three-cycle dialogue, the Redeemer confession of 19:25, and the whirlwind that answers a…
- StudyThe Question of SufferingJob never learns why he suffered. The whirlwind doesn't explain his ordeal: it unveils the One who ordained it. The wager, three wrong answers, the cry for a mediator, and the God who answers who…
- StudyThe Hard Room: SufferingThe objection no argument dissolves. We give it full weight and do not pretend to wrap it up neatly at the end.
- StudyIf God is good, why is there so much suffering?There are real answers to the logical version of this question, and they are widely accepted even by philosophers who are not believers, and none of them explains any particular child's cancer…
- StudySuffering ServantIsaiah 52:13–53:12 and its fulfillment in the passion of Christ: the densest messianic prophecy in the Hebrew Bible.
Subjects
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107 results- Verse2 Timothy 2:3Join me in suffering, like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
- VerseRomans 5:3Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;
- VerseJames 5:13Is any one of you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone cheerful? He should sing praises.
- VerseActs 7:11Then famine and great suffering swept across Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers could not find food.
- VerseLuke 17:25But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.
Words (Strong's)
7 results- WordG3804 πάθημα · páthēma (Greek)something undergone, i.e. hardship or pain. The Greek word stands 16 times in the original text.
- WordH639 אַף · ʼaph (Hebrew)properly, the nose or nostril. The Hebrew word stands 276 times in the original text.
- WordH3511 כְּאֵב · kᵉʼêb (Hebrew)suffering (physical or mental), adversity. The Hebrew word stands 6 times in the original text.
- WordH750 אָרֵךְ · ʼârêk (Hebrew)long. The Hebrew word stands 15 times in the original text.
- WordG2552 κακοπάθεια · kakopátheia (Greek)hardship. The Greek word stands 1 time in the original text.
Themes
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2 resultsProphecies
9 results- ProphecySuffering Servant Shall Prolong His DaysIsaiah's Suffering Servant dies as a sin offering, yet afterward 'sees his seed,' 'prolongs his days,' and is 'satisfied.' A dead servant cannot see descendants or prolong his…
- ProphecyHis Suffering Satisfied God's WrathThe Messiah's suffering would satisfy divine justice.
- ProphecyThe Suffering Servant Bears Our SinsThe central prophecy of substitutionary atonement — the Messiah would bear the sins and sorrows of others, suffering in their place.
- ProphecyHighly ExaltedAfter suffering, the Messiah would be exalted to the highest place.
- ProphecyWounded and BruisedThe Messiah would be wounded and bruised as a substitute for others' sins. His suffering would bring healing.
Voices
7 results- VoiceIgnatius of AntiochIgnatius was bishop of Antioch in Syria — the city where believers were first called Christians. He called himself Theophorus, "God-bearer." He was condemned to die in the…
- VoiceOlympiodorus of AlexandriaOlympiodorus was a deacon of the church of Alexandria in the sixth century. Nothing personal is recorded about him — no birth, no family, no controversy, no death scene. He…
- VoiceEusebius of CaesareaEusebius was born about 260, probably in Palestine, and attached himself as a young man to Pamphilus, the priest and scholar who ran the library at Caesarea. That library…
- VoiceMarcus Minucius FelixMarcus Minucius Felix was a lawyer practicing at Rome, almost certainly of North African origin, who had been a pagan and became a Christian. Jerome lists him among Christian…
- VoiceTitus of BostraTitus was bishop of Bostra, the capital of the Roman province of Arabia, in what is now southern Syria. He was in office by 362 and died about 378. Jerome lists him among the…
Apocrypha (study resources)
7 results- Study resource2 Esdras 7:33And the most High shall appear upon the seat of judgment, and misery shall pass away, and the long suffering shall have an end:
- Study resource1 Enoch 60:5And Michael said unto me: ‘Why art thou disquieted with such a vision? Until this day lasted the day of His mercy; and He hath been merciful and long-suffering towards those…
- Study resource1 Enoch 61:13For great is the mercy of the Lord of Spirits, and He is long-suffering, And all His works and all that He has created He has revealed to the righteous and elect In the name of…
- Study resource1 Enoch 63:8And in the day of our suffering and tribulation He saves us not, And we find no respite for confession That our Lord is true in all His works, and in His judgements and His…
- Study resourceWisdom of Solomon 16:3To the end that they, desiring food, might for the ugly sight of the beasts sent among them lothe even that, which they must needs desire; but these, suffering penury for a…
Doorways
Study a word
G3804πάθημα páthēma — something undergone, i.e. hardship
or painH639אַף ʼaph — properly, the nose or nostrilH3511כְּאֵב kᵉʼêb — suffering (physical or mental), adversityH750אָרֵךְ ʼârêk — longG2552κακοπάθεια kakopátheia — hardshipG3806πάθος páthos — properly, suffering ("pathos"), i.e.
(subjectively) a passion (especially concupiscence)