Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus. The object of this reference to the example of the Saviour is particularly to enforce the duty of humility.

The daughter of Zion in this land, now lies on the ground, in such piteous circumstances, as we now behold her; with her garments rent, her face disfigured, her nakedness exposed, her limbs broken, and weltering in the blood of her own wounds, and in no wise able to arise...

“ Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? ” (Psalm 2:1, ESV) Rage .—The Hebrew verb does not denote actual rebellion, but...