Psalm 35:19
“They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head.”
King James Version
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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