*BUT THIS MAN*

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon His shoulder: and His name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. In this was MANifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through HIM. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us. Great is the mystery of godliness: God was MANifest in the flesh. And ye know that HE was MANifested to take away our sins, and in HIM is no sin. But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth His Son, made of a woman, made under the law. Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, JESUS also Himself likewise took part of the same; that through death HE might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil.

And a MAN shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.

Therefore the Lord Himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.

For there is one God, and one Mediator between God and men, the MAN Christ Jesus. God sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh. And Mary brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped Him in swaddling clothes, and laid Him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn. And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon Him. And when He was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast.
 
He is despised and rejected of men; a MAN of sorrows, and acquainted with grief. Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days He did eat nothing: and when they were ended, He afterward hungered. When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, He groaned in the spirit, and was troubled. Jesus wept. Jesus therefore, being wearied with His journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour. This Man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them. And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth His hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean. I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with Me three days, and have nothing to eat: And when the Lord saw her, He had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not. And JESUS was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake Him, and say unto Him, Master, carest thou not that we perish? Then Jesus beholding Him loved him. Casting all your care upon Him; for He careth for you. For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. 

For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though HE was rich, yet for your sakes HE became poor, that ye through His poverty might be rich. Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay His head. Go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: that take, and give unto them for Me and thee. And Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others which ministered unto HIM of their substance.

Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: but made Himself of no reputation, and took upon Him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: and being found in fashion as a man, He humbled Himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. Though He were a Son, yet learned He obedience by the things which He suffered. He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man. 

Now in the morning as JESUS returned into the city, He hungered. And when JESUS had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts. For in that He Himself hath suffered being tempted, He is able to succour them that are tempted. For in that she hath poured this ointment on My body, she did it for My burial.

And when JESUS was come near, He beheld the city, and wept over it, saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes. Who in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto Him that was able to save Him from death, and was heard in that He feared. And being in an agony He prayed more earnestly: and His sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground. Then saith He unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with Me. 

Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the Man! Then said Pilate to the chief priests and to the people, I find no fault in this Man. And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst. But we see JESUS, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that He by the grace of God should taste death for every man. And when JESUS had cried with a loud voice, He said, Father, into thy hands I commend My spirit: and having said thus, He gave up the ghost. And when the centurion, which stood over against Him, saw that He so cried out, and gave up the ghost, He said, Truly this Man was the Son of God. 

And they gave JESUS a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb. And He took it, and did eat before them. Behold My hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle Me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see Me have. And when He had thus spoken, He shewed them His hands and his feet. Then saith He to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold My hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into My side: and be not faithless, but believing. And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God. 

But this MAN, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God.

But Stephen, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and JESUS standing on the right hand of God, and said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God. Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this Man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins: and by Him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses. And JESUS said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. Because God hath appointed a day, in the which He will judge the world in righteousness by that MAN whom He hath ordained; whereof He hath given assurance unto all men, in that He hath raised JESUS from the dead. 

For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout. Behold, He cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see Him, and they also which pierced Him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of Him. Even so, Amen. But thou, Beth-lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall HE come forth unto me that is to be RULER in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.