Christ suffered keenly under abuse and insult. At the hands of the beings whom He had created, and for whom He was making an infinite sacrifice, He received every indignity. And He suffered in proportion to the perfection of His holiness and His hatred of sin. His trial by men who acted as fiends was to Him a perpetual sacrifice. To be surrounded by human beings under the control of Satan was revolting to Him. And He knew that in a moment, by the flashing forth of His divine power, He could lay His cruel tormentors in the dust. This made the trial the harder to bear.

Kristus led meget under mishandlingerne og fornærmelserne. Han tog imod enhver form for nedværdigende behandling fra de mennesker, som han havde skabt, og for hvem han var ved at bringe et uendeligt stort offer. Og han led i forhold til sit eget fuldkommen hellige sind og sit had til synden. Hans forhør ved mennesker, der handlede, som om de var djævle, var ham et bestandigt offer. At være omgivet af menneskeskabninger, der var under Satans herredømme, var oprørende for ham, og han vidste, at han ved sin guddommelige magts lynhurtige kraft kunne kaste sine grusomme plageånder til jorden. Dette gjorde prøvelsen endnu vanskeligere for ham at bære.