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#### Shorter Catechism
<span class="q">Q 27.</span> Wherein did Christ's humiliation consist?
<span class="q">A.</span> Christ's humiliation consisted in his being born, and that in a low condition,[^fnref:wsc1] made under the law,[^fnref:wsc2] undergoing the miseries of this life,[^fnref:wsc3] the wrath of God,[^fnref:wsc4] and the cursed death of the cross;[^fnref:wsc5] in being buried, and continuing under the power of death for a time.[^fnref:wsc6]
[^fnref:wsc1]: <div class="esv"><h5>Luke 2:7</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p42002007.01-1">And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.</p> </div><h5>2 Corinthians 8:9</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p47008009.01-2">For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich.</p> </div><h5>Galatians 4:4</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p48004004.01-3">But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, (<a href="http://www.esv.org" class="copyright">ESV</a>)</p> </div> </div>
[^fnref:wsc2]: <div class="esv"><h5>Galatians 4:4</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p48004004.01-1">But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, (<a href="http://www.esv.org" class="copyright">ESV</a>)</p> </div> </div>
[^fnref:wsc3]: <div class="esv"><h5>Isaiah 53:3</h5> <div class="esv-text"><div class="block-indent"> <p class="line-group" id="p23053003.01-1">He was despised and rejected by men;<br /> <span class="indent"></span>a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief;<br /> and as one from whom men hide their faces<br /> <span class="indent"></span>he was despised, and we esteemed him not.</p> </div> </div><h5>Luke 9:58</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p42009058.01-2">And Jesus said to him, <span class="woc">“Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”</span></p> </div><h5>John 4:6</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p43004006.01-3">Jacob's well was there; so Jesus, wearied as he was from his journey, was sitting beside the well. It was about the sixth hour.</p> </div><h5>John 11:35</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p43011035.01-4">Jesus wept.</p> </div><h5>Hebrews 2:18</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p58002018.01-5">For because he himself has suffered when tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted. (<a href="http://www.esv.org" class="copyright">ESV</a>)</p> </div> </div>
[^fnref:wsc4]: <div class="esv"><h5>Psalm 22:1</h5> <div class="esv-text"> <div class="block-indent"> <p class="line-group" id="p19022001.20-1"><span class="chapter-num" id="v19022001-1">22:1 </span>My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?<br /> <span class="indent"></span>Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning?</p> </div> </div><h5>Matthew 27:46</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p40027046.01-2">And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, <span class="woc">“Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?”</span> that is, <span class="woc">“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”</span></p> </div><h5>Isaiah 53:10</h5> <div class="esv-text"><div class="block-indent"> <p class="line-group" id="p23053010.01-3">Yet it was the will of the <span class="small-caps">Lord</span> to crush him;<br /> <span class="indent"></span>he has put him to grief;<br /> when his soul makes an offering for guilt,<br /> <span class="indent"></span>he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days;<br /> the will of the <span class="small-caps">Lord</span> shall prosper in his hand.</p> </div> </div><h5>1 John 2:2</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p62002002.01-4">He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world. (<a href="http://www.esv.org" class="copyright">ESV</a>)</p> </div> </div>
[^fnref:wsc5]: <div class="esv"><h5>Galatians 3:13</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p48003013.01-1">Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree”—</p> </div><h5>Philippians 2:8</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p50002008.01-2">And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. (<a href="http://www.esv.org" class="copyright">ESV</a>)</p> </div> </div>
[^fnref:wsc6]: <div class="esv"><h5>Matthew 12:40</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p40012040.01-1"><span class="woc">For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.</span></p> </div><h5>1 Corinthians 15:3-4</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p46015003.01-2">For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, (<a href="http://www.esv.org" class="copyright">ESV</a>)</p> </div> </div>
#### Larger Catechism
<span class="q">Q 46.</span> What was the estate of Christ's humiliation?
<span class="q">A.</span> The estate of Christ's humiliation was that low condition, wherein he for our sakes, emptying himself of his glory, took upon him the form of a servant,[^fnref:wlc1] in his conception[^fnref:wlc2] and birth,[^fnref:wlc3] life,[^fnref:wlc4] death,[^fnref:wlc5] and after his death,[^fnref:wlc6] until his resurrection.[^fnref:wlc7]
[^fnref:wlc1]: <div class="esv"><h5>Philippians 2:6-8</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p50002006.01-1">who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. (<a href="http://www.esv.org" class="copyright">ESV</a>)</p> </div> </div>
[^fnref:wlc2]: <div class="esv"><h5>Luke 1:31</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p42001031.01-1">And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. (<a href="http://www.esv.org" class="copyright">ESV</a>)</p> </div> </div>
[^fnref:wlc3]: <div class="esv"><h5>Luke 2:7</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p42002007.01-1">And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn. (<a href="http://www.esv.org" class="copyright">ESV</a>)</p> </div> </div>
[^fnref:wlc4]: <div class="esv"><h5>Galatians 4:4</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p48004004.01-1">But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law,</p> </div><h5>2 Corinthians 8:9</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p47008009.01-2">For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich.</p> </div><h5>Luke 9:58</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p42009058.01-3">And Jesus said to him, <span class="woc">“Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”</span></p> </div><h5>Hebrews 2:18</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p58002018.01-4">For because he himself has suffered when tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.</p> </div><h5>Isaiah 53:3</h5> <div class="esv-text"><div class="block-indent"> <p class="line-group" id="p23053003.01-5">He was despised and rejected by men;<br /> <span class="indent"></span>a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief;<br /> and as one from whom men hide their faces<br /> <span class="indent"></span>he was despised, and we esteemed him not. (<a href="http://www.esv.org" class="copyright">ESV</a>)</p> </div> </div> </div>
[^fnref:wlc5]: <div class="esv"><h5>Psalm 22:1</h5> <div class="esv-text"> <div class="block-indent"> <p class="line-group" id="p19022001.20-1"><span class="chapter-num" id="v19022001-1">22:1 </span>My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?<br /> <span class="indent"></span>Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning?</p> </div> </div><h5>Matthew 27:46</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p40027046.01-2">And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, <span class="woc">“Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?”</span> that is, <span class="woc">“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”</span></p> </div><h5>Isaiah 53:10</h5> <div class="esv-text"><div class="block-indent"> <p class="line-group" id="p23053010.01-3">Yet it was the will of the <span class="small-caps">Lord</span> to crush him;<br /> <span class="indent"></span>he has put him to grief;<br /> when his soul makes an offering for guilt,<br /> <span class="indent"></span>he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days;<br /> the will of the <span class="small-caps">Lord</span> shall prosper in his hand.</p> </div> </div><h5>1 John 2:2</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p62002002.01-4">He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.</p> </div><h5>Philippians 2:8</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p50002008.01-5">And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. (<a href="http://www.esv.org" class="copyright">ESV</a>)</p> </div> </div>
[^fnref:wlc6]: <div class="esv"><h5>Matthew 12:40</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p40012040.01-1"><span class="woc">For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.</span></p> </div><h5>1 Corinthians 15:3-4</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p46015003.01-2">For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, (<a href="http://www.esv.org" class="copyright">ESV</a>)</p> </div> </div>
[^fnref:wlc7]: <div class="esv"><h5>Acts 2:24-27</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p44002024.01-1">God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it. For David says concerning him,</p> <div class="block-indent"> <p class="line-group" id="p44002025.06-1">“‘I saw the Lord always before me,<br /> <span class="indent"></span>for he is at my right hand that I may not be shaken;<br /> therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced;<br /> <span class="indent"></span>my flesh also will dwell in hope.<br /> For you will not abandon my soul to Hades,<br /> <span class="indent"></span>or let your Holy One see corruption.</p> </div> </div><h5>Acts 2:31</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p44002031.01-2">he foresaw and spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that he was not abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption. (<a href="http://www.esv.org" class="copyright">ESV</a>)</p> </div> </div>