“For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.”
For even Christ did not please himself but, as it is written: "The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me." — Christ (Christos) hypsōs (did not please) heauton (himself) is the exemplar of self-renunciation. Psalm 69:9 is cited: hoi oneidismoi (insults, reproaches) upon hoi oneidizantes (those insulting) se (you, God) epepeson ep' eme (fell upon me, Christ). Christ absorbed the hostility directed toward God, becoming the model of vicarious bearing.
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