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(I) of the "sufferings" of Christ (a) at the hands of men, e. g., <Matt. 16:21; 17:12; 1 Pet. 2:23>; (b) in His expiatory and vicarious sacrifice for sin, <Heb. 9:26; 13:12; 1 Pet. 2:21; 3:18; 4:1>; (c) including both (a) and (b), <Luke 22:15; 24:26, 46; Acts 1:3>, "passion"; <3:18; 17:3; Heb. 5:8>; (d) by the antagonism of the evil one, <Heb. 2:18>; (II), of human "suffering" (a) of followers of Christ, <Acts 9:16; 2 Cor. 1:6; Gal. 3:4; Phil. 1:29; 1 Thes. 2:14; 2 Thes. 1:5; 2 Tim. 1:12; 1 Pet. 3:14,17; 5:10; Rev. 2:10>; in identification with Christ in His crucifixion, as the spiritual ideal to be realized, <1 Pet. 4:1>; in a wrong way, <4:15>; (b) of others, physically, as the result of demoniacal power, <Matt. 17:15>, RV, "suffereth (grievously)," KJV, "is (sore) vexed"; cf. <Mark 5:26>; in a dream, <Matt. 27:19>; through maltreatment, <Luke 13:2; 1 Pet. 2:19,20>; by a serpent (negatively), <Acts 28:5>, RV, "took" (KJV, "felt:" see FEEL, Note); (c) of the effect upon the whole body through the "suffering" of one member, <1 Cor. 12:26>, with application to a church.
See also The Definition of Suffering and Greek words for Suffering used in First Peter.
(from Vine's Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words)
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