Red Orthodox Christian Crucifix | Byzantine Golgotha Cross | Alpha & Omega | I Am Crucified With Christ | Orthodox Christian Canvas Wall ArtHe 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. Surely He took on our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken by God, struck down 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 stripes we are healed. Isaiah

to some extent

that a man lay down his life for his friends

- Psalm 50 (LXX) / 51

then we commit all the vilest sins

and 900 years after their disobedience their bodies underwent death in physical actuality

just as you are doing

the Beginning and the End

Then she recognized the Lord’s voice

/ and ask forgiveness of our transgressions

If ye be reproached for the name of Christ

having put on the breastplate of faith and love

and to the harassments of the devil