Topic
Christ, Character of
49 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
These works date from 1897 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Psalms 40:8Torrey Obedient to God the Father
I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
- Song of Songs 5:16Torrey Altogether lovely
His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
- Isaiah 11:5Torrey Faithful
And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.
- Isaiah 40:11Torrey Compassionate
He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.
- Isaiah 53:7Torrey Meek
He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
- Isaiah 53:9Torrey Guileless
And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.
- Isaiah 53:11Torrey Righteous
He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
- Zechariah 9:9Torrey Just
¶ Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.
- Matthew 4:1–10Torrey Resisting temptation
Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these…
- Matthew 4:23Torrey Benevolent
¶ And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.
- Matthew 4:24Torrey Benevolent
And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.
- Matthew 8:20Torrey Self-denying
And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
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- Matthew 11:29 Torrey Meek
- Matthew 19:16 Torrey Good
- Matthew 27:4 Torrey Innocent
- Matthew 27:14 Torrey Patient
- Luke 1:35 Torrey Holy
- Luke 2:49 Torrey Zealous
- Luke 2:51 Torrey Subject to His parents
- Luke 19:41 Torrey Compassionate
- Luke 22:27 Torrey Humble
- Luke 22:42 Torrey Resigned
- Luke 23:34 Torrey Forgiving
- John 1:14 Torrey True
- John 2:17 Torrey Zealous
- John 4:34 Torrey Obedient to God the Father
- John 5:30 Torrey Just
- John 7:18 Torrey True
- John 8:29 Torrey Zealous
- John 8:46 Torrey Sinless
- John 13:1 Torrey Loving
- John 15:10 Torrey Obedient to God the Father
- John 15:13 Torrey Loving
- Acts 4:27 Torrey Holy
- Acts 10:38 Torrey Benevolent
- Acts 22:14 Torrey Just
- Romans 8:29 Torrey Saints are conformed to
- 2 Corinthians 5:21 Torrey Sinless
- 2 Corinthians 8:9 Torrey Self-denying
- Philippians 2:8 Torrey Humble
- 1 Thessalonians 5:24 Torrey Faithful
- 1 Timothy 1:16 Torrey Long-suffering
- Hebrews 1:9 Torrey Righteous
- Hebrews 2:17 Torrey Merciful
- Hebrews 7:26 Torrey Harmless
- 1 Peter 1:19 Torrey Spotless
- 1 Peter 2:22 Torrey Guileless
- 1 John 5:20 Torrey True
- Revelation 3:7 Torrey Holy
In the topical indexes
Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897) · 52 references, grouped by sub-topic
- Altogether lovely So 5:16
- Holy Lu 1:35; Ac 4:27; Re 3:7
- Righteous Isa 53:11; Heb 1:9
- Good Mt 19:16
- Faithful Isa 11:5; 1Th 5:24
- True Joh 1:14; 7:18; 1Jo 5:20
- Just Zec 9:9; Joh 5:30; Ac 22:14
- Guileless Isa 53:9; 1Pe 2:22
- Sinless Joh 8:46; 2Co 5:21
- Spotless 1Pe 1:19
- Innocent Mt 27:4
- Harmless Heb 7:26
- Resisting temptation Mt 4:1-10
- Obedient to God the Father Ps 40:8; Joh 4:34; 15:10
- Zealous Lu 2:49; Joh 2:17; 8:29
- Meek Isa 53:7; Zec 9:9; Mt 11:29
- Lowly in heart Mt 11:29
- Merciful Heb 2:17
- Patient Isa 53:7; Mt 27:14
- Long-suffering 1Ti 1:16
- Compassionate Isa 40:11; Lu 19:41
- Benevolent Mt 4:23,24; Ac 10:38
- Loving Joh 13:1; 15:13
- Self-denying Mt 8:20; 2Co 8:9
- Humble Lu 22:27; Php 2:8
- Resigned Lu 22:42
- Forgiving Lu 23:34
- Subject to His parents Lu 2:51
- Saints are conformed to Ro 8:29
Texts: Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.