It is as if he is saying: If they secretly plotted to kill me through deceit, in reality, they deceived themselves because they did not realize that God exposed their plan to me, and what they did was not for my destruction but for theirs.¹

Asad Rustum says about the Gnostic doctrines: "The Messiah did not suffer or die, but the Devil suffered and died in his place."²

"The wicked plots against the righteous and gnashes his teeth at him. The Lord laughs at him, for He sees that his day is coming. The wicked have drawn the sword and bent their bow to shoot the poor and needy, to kill those whose way is upright. Their sword will pierce their own heart, and their bows will be broken."³