Psalm 31:1-24 · Psalm 31
Palm/Passion Sunday
Mt 26:14-27:66 · Php 2:5-11 · Isa 50:4-9a · Ps 31
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by Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe
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OLD TESTAMENT TEXTS

The Old Testament texts are very appropriate for Passion Sunday.  Isaiah 50:4-9a  explores the call of the suffering servant, while Psalm 31:9-16 is a lament from the perspective of one who is suffering. As we will see, both of these texts share a similar three-part structure and probe the meaning of suffering from different perspectives.

Isaiah 50:4-9a: "A Call to Discipleship"
Setting.   Isaiah 50:4-9a  is the third of the suffering servant songs   Isaiah 42:1-4[5-9]; 49:1-6; 50:4-9a; 52:13-53:12). The first song was the lesson for Year A, Baptism of the Lord (see volume 1). You may want to refer to this lesson for a discussion of the individual and collective interpretations of these songs, since that discussion also applies to our present lesson. In the first serv…

Abingdon Press Nashville, PREACHING THE REVISED COMMON LECTIONARY, by Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe