After Christ teachings, that He must die at the hands of wicked men, and be raised from the dead, came the miracle of the healing of the lunatic son, another glorious work performed by Christ, when His disciples had failed to cast out the devil from that poor man. The scene opens when Jesus arrives and catches the rulers questioning His disciples, because they could not heal the poor young man. Jesus didn't like to see these hypocrites questioning His disciples, because He knew why they were doing it – to mock them for believing on Jesus as Messiah, and to ridicule their impotence to heal this poor man. But Jesus comes and saves the day! He cast out the demon, and rebuked them all for their unbelief. This is a running theme throughout history: mocking the Lord's people in times of distress. A particular example is Nebuchadnezzar's mocking the three Hebrew young men, who refused to bow down and worship his giant idol which he had erected. So too the martyrs of Jesus have been persecuted, mocked, and put to death, even unto this day. Sometimes the Lord rescues them, and sometimes they are cruelly slain. Christ Himself was mocked at Calvary, as He had been telling His people for some time before. It was foretold by David in Psalm 22, what he had learned from the Spirit of Christ. The entire Psalm describes the humiliation of Christ on the cross, and His rescue by God, and exaltation when it was over. Christ had foretold His mocking and shame: "I am a reproach of men, and despised by the people. All they that see me laugh me to scorn. They shoot out the lip, they shake their head, saying, He trusted in God that he would deliver him: let him deliver him now!"