Key Words: were shamefully entreated
The word entreated means to insult, to injure, primarily with one’s words,
but can be with actions as well (see Acts 16:22).
Below are some quick quips to
illustrate the word entreaty.
Lady Astor: “Winston, if you were
my husband I should flavor your coffee with poison.”
Churchill: “Madam, if I were your
husband, I should drink it.”
Bessie Braddock, M.P.: “Winston,
you’re drunk.”
Churchill: “Bessie, you’re ugly, and
tomorrow morning I’ll be sober.”
Earl Warren (Supreme Court
Justice): “I’m pleased to see such a dense crowd here tonight.”
Heckler: “Don’t be too
pleased. We ain’t all dense.”
Congressman John Randolf and Henry
Clay met on a sidewalk in
Clay: “I, sir, do not step aside
for a scoundrel.”
Randolf: “On the other hand, I
always do.”
Charles H. Spurgeon was
emphasizing to his class the importance of making the facial expression
harmonize with the speech. “When you
speak of heaven,” he said, “let your face light up; let it be irradiated with a
heavenly gleam, let your eyes shine with reflected glory. But when you speak of hell – well, then your
ordinary face will do.”
✞ Guard your response, it reveals your heart.
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