and51 “when I shall smite the Shepherd, then the sheep of the flock shall be scattered.”52 He himself willed thus to suffer, for it was necessary that He should suffer on the tree. For says he who prophesies regarding Him, “Spare my soul from the sword,53 fasten my flesh with nails; for the assemblies of the wicked have risen up against me.”54 And again he says, “Be- hold, I have given my back to scourges, and my cheeks to strokes, and I have set my coun- tenance as a firm rock.”55 51 Cod. Sin. omits “and,” and reads, “when they smite their own shepherd, then the sheep of the pasture shall be scattered and fail.” 52 Zech. xiii. 7. 53 Cod. Sin. inserts “and.” 54 These are inaccurate and confused quotations from Ps. xxii. 16, 20, and Ps. cxix. 120. 55 Isa. l. 6, 7. 376 Chapter V.—The new covenant, founded on the sufferings of Christ, tends…