Vol. 20 1/3/2021 No.
47
News & Notes
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A Dark Night & a Darker Day
Part 2 -Allen Webster
Soldier’s Mocking, Pilate next had Jesus scourged, perhaps
hoping to play upon the sympathies of the people. He again
tried to release Jesus, but to no avail (Lk. 23:22, 23). While the
last details of crucifixion were arranged, & while the cross
itself was prepared, Jesus was handed over to the soldiers.
These men – Pilate’s bodyguard- eventually took Him to their
barracks in the governor’s headquarters. Amused that this
weakened man had claimed to be a king, they began to mock
Him. One fashioned a robe out of some purple material
(perhaps left over from the trip to Herod’s palace), another ran
out to a thorn bush & gathered some prickly limbs to form into
a tight, pointed circle, & another found a rod or stout stick of
some kind to use as a scepter.
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Just about the time the bleeding from the scourging stopped,
they ripped His clothes off & placed on Him the robe.
Remember His clothes had been placed directly on the open, people. Picture, if you can, Pilate leading this purple-clad
bleeding wounds some time before. The blood must have Man, with scepter in hand, & bloody crown on His head, out
soaked in & dried. Thus removing them opened the wounds all for these sick people to view. Pilate simply said, “Behold the
over again. Imagine the pain! (Even a cut small enough to be man!” (Jn. 19:5). He must have thought that surely this would
covered by a Band-Aid hurts terribly if it adheres to the Band- satisfy their hatred. But he underestimated them. They were
Aid). Once soldier grabbed His head & forced the thorns down so more satisfied than a shark that first gets the scent of blood.
into His scalp. Think of the sharp thorns piercing His skin in They wanted more. They wanted murder.
dozens of places! Another took the reed & hit Him over the
head thus driving the thorns in deeper. How He must have
bled! (So much blood goes to the brain that a small cut on the
face or head bleeds profusely.) Despite their cruelty, of all
parties involved perhaps these were least to be blamed. They
had no idea who Jesus was. They were not Jews, for Jews
were the only nation in the Roman Empire exempt from
military service. Nonetheless, their rough horse-play further
agonized our Lord’s body. When people make fun of us, it
helps to remember that they first did it to Jesus in a way that is
worse than anything likely to happen to us.

PRESENTATION. The soldiers finally had all the fun they

wanted & took Him back to Pilate. Pilate presented Him to the