Psalm 35:19
“Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.”
King James Version
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Being hated without cause predicted, cited by Jesus as scripture fulfilled in his own experience with the Jewish leaders.
Fulfillment References
John 15:25 Psalm 69:4
How Traditions Read This Prophecy
Apostolic (Oneness) PentecostalJesus quoted this with Psalm 69:4 — 'they hated me without a cause' (John 15:25). The innocent One, hated without reason, is the Lord Jesus, God come in flesh and rejected by His own; their groundless hatred fulfilled the Scripture and led Him to the cross for our sake.
JewishThe lament of one hated by malicious enemies without justification; David's plea for vindication against the causelessly hostile.
CatholicApplied to Christ's causeless rejection (with John 15:25); the sinless One hated by the world.
ProtestantCited by Jesus of Himself (John 15:25); the world's groundless hatred of the righteous, fulfilled in Christ.
AcademicA lament motif ('enemies without cause'); John attaches it (with Ps. 69:4) to Jesus as fulfilled Scripture.
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