...light." This however was to undergo an eclipse. The Scripture must be fulfilled which saith, " His visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men." But after the resurrection from the dead, this occasional and transient glory, became permanent and...

...its time. Thus it is said, concerning the man of sorrows, that " many "were astonished at him, his visage was so marred " more than any man, and his form more than the " sons of men :" Isa. Hi. 14>. How long, in these times, might youth and beauty last, were godly sorrow their only...

...acquainted with grief, as He was ? From the manger to the Cross, he was despised and rejected of men. " His visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men." Through the whole of his ministry he was contradicted, reviled, hated, by those among whom He went...

...splendour to recommend him ; " his " visage," on the contrary, by suffering affliction, was to be " marred more than any man, and his form " more than the sons of men"1." He was to keep the law, and to die for sin : " Sacrifice and offering " thou wouldest not —...

...Isa, xltv. 3. Y with the thorny crown : " As many were astonished at thee ; his visage was so marretl more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men : so shall he sprinkle many na-t ions ; the kings shall shut their mouths at him ; for that which had...

...several demands ; and died Himself, that the souls of men might never die ! Hence it was, that his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men. Hence it was, that, in the claims and in the condition of Christ, an inconsistency appeared which confounded...

...where Christ was transfigured, his face was as the sun. Upon Calvary, where he was crucified, "his visage was so marred more than any man, "and his form more than the sons of men, that many were "astonished" at his appearance. Yet this was the more glorious transformation of the...

...and comfort is obtained by looking unto Jesus, who was " a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief," whose " visage was so marred, more than any man, and His form more than the sons of men ;" who, being " touched with the feeling of our infirmities," and having been tempted, knows how to...

...expression of respect for the sufferer, whose mental torture must at that time have " marred his visage more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men." Over this a veil was thrown, yet it must have been in some degree apparent*. He at last expired under...

...must be overthrown, in order that the word of the Lord may have free course and be glorified. The Man whose visage was so marred more than any man, and His form more than the sons of men, must yet be exalted, and extolled, and be very high, and the Kings must shut their mouths before Him....