Psalm 35:15
15 But in mine adversity [tsela`] they rejoiced [samach], and
gathered themselves together ['acaph]: yea, the
abjects [nekeh] gathered themselves together ['acaph] against me, and I knew [yada`] it not; they did tear [qara`] me, and ceased [damam] not: KJV-Interlinear
15
But at my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered; they gathered together against
me; wretches whom I did not know tore at me without ceasing; ESV
As Jesus was tried and
tortured and led through the streets, the crowd against Him grew and grew, and
the mocking and spitting and torments likewise grew. The crowd became a mob.
The word for abjects,
means mockers, antagonists, revilers, and such.
For three-and-a-half
years, Jesus performed miracles galore. He did things that no one had ever seen
in all of human history. He taught truth
and healed without bias.
And yet, when the powers that
be, made charges against Him, the crowds that had been following Him, the
crowds that celebrated Him as the Messiah as He entered Jerusalem, now mocked
and ridiculed and challenged Him to destroy the Romans.
People were not
interested in truth, they were only interested in having a knight in shining
armor coming to their rescue, and then of course, establishing Gods kingdom and
giving them high offices within that kingdom.
The crowds were selfish, fickle,
and stubbornly arrogant, and definitely lacked a knowledge of the scriptures.
Those who loved Him initially,
now hated Him. No one seemed to know why
He came in the first place. Even the apostles
were confused, as they too, abandoned Him.
There was a complete
breakdown in knowledge of doctrine, within that generation, just as there is a
complete breakdown in knowledge of doctrine even in our current day.
And the reason is because
people do not study, and therefore do not learn, and therefore do not know.
And this lack of
knowledge, prevents orientation and understanding of life, and that means
people are confused, and weak, and subject to instabilities, both mentally and
emotionally.
