VERSE 6

OF
THE PRAYER

“But I am no longer a man,
I am a worm despised and
scorned by everyone.”

(The Psalm-22, Verse: 6)

This Verse is clarifying the following points:-

Through the sentence:

“But I am no longer a man.”

Jesus is declaring that he is a man. So, he should be regarded as a man as that is his natural right.

• The sentence further explains that Jesus is not god.

• Jesus is complaining here that GOD had created him as a man but the people have degraded him, up to such an extent, that he is now__ no more a man__but a worthless worm.

• This Verse is, particularly ponderable for those who are considering Jesus, as god and savior, instead of a man and a prophet.

More ponderable are the words:-

“I am a worm.”

It means that inspite of being a man & prophet, Jesus was degraded in the most inhuman way.

• If Jesus were god or the lord, he would have never spoken in terms of a man and a worm.

• If Jesus were the son of god, then, also he would have never spoken in the said terms of a man and a worm, as the son always, resembles to his father in his nature & abilities.

• If Jesus were the word of GOD & the creator of universe, then, there was no need on the part of Jesus___ to complain in the said terms___ that GOD had made him a human being__ but the people have degraded him down____ to the level of a worm.

• Jesus was not a worm, then, why he denounced himself as a worm? Is GOD & the Creator of Jesus___ not the GOD & the Creator of worms? Of course, GOD is___ but here in the Verse___ Jesus has denounced himself as a worm____ in order to pin-point the fact___ that he is a member of the most dignified creature___ the mankind___ but he has been degraded in a beastly way. So___ as a matter of principle___ Jesus is calling here, for his original status___ the status of a man ___ not of a god or son of god.