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1 | was Jesus beaten unrecognizable? | Matt 27:26 | RONALD57 | 176175 | ||
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2 | was Jesus beaten unrecognizable? | Matt 27:26 | Hank | 176176 | ||
Ronald - The accounts of our Lord's passion that the writers of the Gospels lay down leave no doubt that our Lord endured great suffering even before He was crucified. Matthew 27:26, Mark 15:15 and John 19:1 all use the word that in English is rendered "scourge." To scourge means to flog by means of a leather whip that had pieces of bone or metal embedded in its thongs. An especially brutal punishment that brought excruciating pain to its victims, scourging was used by the Romans only on murderers and traitors. ..... They gave Him a reed, a mock scepter, and they spat upon Him, and took the reed and beat Him on the head with it. A reed long enough to make a mock scepter would be firm enough to inflict severe pain, about like hitting someone over the head with a broom handle. And Mark says that "they kept beating His head with a reed and spitting on Him" (Mark 15:19). The term "kept beating" denotes repeated action, not merely one or two whacks, but hitting Him over the head again and again. ...... John 19:2: "And the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on His head." And John 19:3 says they hit Jesus with their fists as well. ...... So, my friend, was our Lord beaten beyond recognition? He was scourged, He was beaten over the head with a reed about the size of a broom handle, He was punched by the fists of the governor's soldiers, His flesh was pierced by a crown of thorns placed upon His head -- this sinless Son of God suffered on the cross and suffered before He got to the cross. Of that there can be no doubt. But is the crucial issue whether He was beaten beyond recognition? Or, as I would suggest, isn't the crucial issue the fact that our blessed Lord endured unspeakable suffering and an agonizing death on the tree for the sins of the world? What a source of comfort, what amazing grace to behold, that "God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8). ..... The great reformer, Martin Luther, sat alone in a church pew looking at a cross that hung on the wall behind the chancel when on a sudden came to him the realization that were he, Martin Luther, the only person on earth, Christ loved him so much that He would have endured the suffering and willingly died on the cross just for his sake alone. The great reformer arose from the pew and knelt before the cross. With tears streaming down his face, he said, "Fur mich, fur mich!" .... For me, for me .... meaning, of course, that not only did Christ die for Luther, but He would have died for him if he had been the only person on earth. ...... We must not dare to take our eyes off the cross of Christ, nor be ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, for in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith. See Romans 1:16,l7. In these two verses Paul sets down the very essence of his theology: Believe in Christ, and you will be saved. --Hank | ||||||
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