But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.
But those things, which God before had showed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ, х ton (G3588) Christon (G5547)] - rather, 'the Christ;' but the true reading evidently is, 'that His Christ' [adding autou (G846)]
Should suffer, he hath so fulfilled. The doctrine of a SUFFERING MESSIAH was totally at variance with the current views of the Jewish Church, and hard to digest even by the Twelve, up to the day of their Lord's resurrection. Our preacher himself revolted at it and protested against it, when first nakedly announced, for which he received a terrible rebuke. Here he affirms it to be the fundamental truth of ancient prophecy, realized unwittingly by the Jews themselves, yet this by a glorious divine ordination. How great a change had the Pentecostal illumination worked upon his views!