F. W. Krummacher, The Suffering Saviour; or, Meditations on the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ, trans. Samuel Jackson, 2nd ed. revised (Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1856), "The Announcement," p. 1.

The history of our Saviour's passion is about to display before us its bleeding mysteries and its awful vicarious scenes. The "Lamb of God, which taketh away the sins of the world," submissive to the council of peace, wh…