Christ's Silent Suffering, Spoken Joy to His Disciples

Consider the sublime self-repression of our Lord Jesus in His final discourse. Within twenty-four hours of His crucifixion—knowing the agony and baptism of sorrow awaiting Him—not one word escaped His lips concerning His personal pain. All that torment was crushed down, kept back, suppressed entirely. Instead, He spoke only to His disciples of the joy that comes to them, nothing of the bitter sorrow by which it is purchased.…