A glance at the burden Christ bore will make our burdens seem light by comparison (see Matt. 11:28-30). If we will only look unto Jesus and consider what He endured, every difficulty and disappointment we meet will be easier to bear.

Or, “hostility.” The hostility of priests and rulers, scribes and Pharisees, dogged the footsteps of Christ throughout His earthly ministry. Eventually, the tide of popularity turned against Him, and His own people demanded His life blood. The cumulative hostility of a race of sinners was turned with the full force of diabolical ingenuity on the Prince of sufferers.

 See on v. 1.

 Verses 3-11 deal with the nature, purpose, and results of divine discipline. No Christian is called to undergo a more strict course of discipline than Christ was. By considering the way in which He met trials and temptations we can avoid growing weary or fainthearted. Christ endured, and by His grace we too may endure.