"Jesus: Sorrowful but Always Rejoicing"

Donald Macleod:

"Much has been made of the fact that Jesus is never said to have smiled or laughed. Linked to the description of the Servant as a ‘man of sorrows and acquainted with grieft’ it has furnished a basis for the idea that Jesus’ life was unremittingly joyless and stressful.

"But this is a serious over-simplification...."

See the entire blog post here.