# “His sufferings and His glory” by John Owen

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- Published: 2018-03-29T12:00:18-05:00
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“These are the two heads whereunto all the prophecies and predictions concerning
Jesus Christ under the Old Testament are referred– namely, His sufferings, and the
glory that ensued thereon (1 Peter 1:11).

All the prophets testified beforehand ‘of the sufferings of Christ, and the glory
that should follow.’

So when He Himself opened the Scriptures unto His disciples, He gave them this as
the sum of the doctrine contained in them, ‘Ought not Christ to have suffered these
things, and to enter into His glory?’ (Luke 24:26). The same is frequently expressed
elsewhere in Rom. 14:9 and Phil. 2:5–9.

_So much as we know of Christ, His sufferings, and His glory, so much do we understand
of the Scripture, and no more_.”

–John Owen, [_The Works of John Owe_n](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0851511236?tag=toletaupanre-20),
[_Volume 1: The Glory of Christ_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0851511236?tag=toletaupanre-20)(
Carlisle, PA: Banner of Truth, 1684/2000), 342–343.

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