Westminister Shorter Catechism
Q. 27.) Wherein did Christ’s humiliation consist?
A. 27.) Christ's humiliation consisted in his being born, and that in a low
condition,(1) made under the law,(2) undergoing the miseries of this life,(3) the wrath of
God,(4) and the cursed death of the cross;(5) in being buried,(6) and continuing under the
power of death for a time.(7)
(1) Luke 2:7;
(2) Galatians 4:4;
(3) Hebrews 12:2-3; Isaiah 53:2-3;
(4) Luke 22:44; Matthew 27:46;
(5) Philippians 2:8;
(6) 1 Corinthians 15:3-4;
(7) Acts 2:24-27, 31;