His Own Received Him Not

Brooklyn Museum - Joseph of Arimathaea Seeks Pilate to Beg Permission to Remove the Body of Jesus - James Tissot

Joseph of Arimathaea Seeks Pilate to Beg Permission to Remove the Body of Jesus

 

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Zechariah 12:10 (KJV) And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.

 

Brooklyn Museum - Jesus Led from Caiaphas to Pilate (Jésus conduit de Caïphe à Pilate) - James Tissot

Brooklyn Museum - The Judgment on the Gabbatha (Le jugement sur le Gabatha) - James Tissot

John 1:11  He came unto his own, and his own received him not.

 

 

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Led Captivity Captive

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The Harrowing of Hell

Psalm 68:18 Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the Lord God might dwell among them.

Ephesians 4:8 Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.

 

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You Are My Son

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Psalm 2:7 The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

 

Acts 13:33 God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.

 

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