He Is Precious

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“Unto you therefore which believe...” “What is thy beloved more than another beloved?... My beloved is... the chiefest among ten thousand.”
“His visage was so marred... more than the sons of men.”
“His head is as the most fine gold.”
“The soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on His head.” “His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters.”
“And when they had blindfolded Him, they struck Him on the face.” “His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers.”
“I gave... My cheeks to them that plucked off the hair.” “His mouth is most sweet.”
“They filled a sponge with vinegar... and put it to His mouth.” “Yea, He is altogether lovely.”
“When we shall see Him, there is no beauty that we should desire Him.” “This is my beloved, and this is my friend.”
... He is precious.”
(Song of Sol. 5:9-169What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? what is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so charge us? 10My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand. 11His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven. 12His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set. 13His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh. 14His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires. 15His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars. 16His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem. (Song of Solomon 5:9‑16); Isa. 52:1414As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men: (Isaiah 52:14); John 19:22And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe, (John 19:2); Luke 22:6464And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face, and asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote thee? (Luke 22:64); Isa. 50:66I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting. (Isaiah 50:6); John 19:2929Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth. (John 19:29); Isa. 53:22For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. (Isaiah 53:2); 1 Peter 2:77Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner, (1 Peter 2:7).)
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