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Living in a
world of people with whom callousness is the norm, when we read
of the torturing of the Lord we find ourselves not only
separated from the situation visually and physically, but also
emotionally. Recently there was an individual who abused a dog,
and I wonder what
sort of a sadistic monster would an individual be who would
kick, stab, and torture the little animal. That is what man did
to our Lord. He was whipped, spat upon, slapped across the
face, the hair plucked from His face, crowned with a crown of
thorns, and smitten on the head with a reed (Mk. 15:19).
Sadistic, cold, unfeeling, animalistic, and savagery.
The following is a summary of the afflictions the Lord
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The Character Of The Afflictions
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The verbal humiliations of the Lord by: |
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The watching crowd (Lk. 23:35) |
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The chief priests (Mk. 15:31) |
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The two thieves (Matt. 27:44; Mk. 15:32) |
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The physical humiliations of the Lord: |
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By the Roman soldiers (Matt. 27:27-31; Mk. 15:6-20) |
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The physical torturing of the Lord: |
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He was slapped (Jn. 18:22) |
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He was blindfolded (Lk. 22:64) |
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He was spit upon (Matt. 26:67) |
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He was buffeted (Matt. 26:67) |
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He was scourged (Matt. 27:26) |
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He was struck on the head (Matt. 27:30) |
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He was crowned with thorns (Matt 27:29) |
The References
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Matthew’s account. |
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Christ brought before Caiaphas (ch. 26:57-68) |
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Christ brought before Pilate (ch. 27:2, 11-31) |
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Mark’s account. |
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Christ brought before the High Priest, where all the chief
priests, elders and scribes were assembled (ch. 14:53-65) |
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Christ brought before Pilate (ch. 15:1-20) |
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Luke’s account. |
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Christ brought before the High Priest (ch. 22:54, 63-65) |
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Christ brought before the council (ch. 22:66-71) |
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Christ brought before Pilate (ch. 23:1-6) |
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Christ brought before Herod (ch. 23:7-11) |
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Christ brought before Pilate a second time (ch. 23:11-26) |
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John’s account. |
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Christ brought before Annas (ch. 18:13-24) |
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Christ sent to Caiaphas (ch. 18:24) |
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Christ sent to Pilate (ch. 18:28-19:16) |
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The trials of the Lord |
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By Annas |
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Before Caiaphas, and the scribes and elders were already
assembled |
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Before the Sanhedrin |
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Before Pilate, sovereign power |
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Before Herod, delegated power |
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Before Pilate again |
Isaiah 53:3; 7-8
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He was despised, treated with disdain, scorned, treated with
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He was rejected, destitute. |
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He was oppressed, harassed, tyrannised. |
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He was afflicted, looked down upon, hurt, dealt
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The Pharisees were constantly trying to find fault in Him: |
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Accusing Him (Matt. 9:3; Mk. 2:6, 3:22) |
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Tempting Him (Matt. 16:1, 19:3, 22:35; Mk. 10:2; Lk.11:16) |
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Questioning Him (Matt. 12:38, 15:1-2, 21:15-16; Mk. 8:11; Lk.
6:7, 11:53-54; Jn. 8:6) |
One cannot help but be amazed at the loveliness of His attitude when He
was being so shamed and falsely accused. There was not an iota of
bitterness or retaliation in Him. With richness of love He saw them.
Enduring the contradiction of sinners against themselves His heart wept
over them as He did over Jerusalem, and He longed
for them to be forgiven. For some it was the result of a slow burning
deliberate hatred. Others were pressured into what to cry, but He loved
every one of them.
May
God grant us good understanding as He, by His Holy
Spirit, deigns to guide us into all truth.
John 16:13
Rowan Jennings, Abbotsford,
British Columbia
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