16 The soldiers took Jesus into the headquarters of the governor’s compound and summoned a military unit of nearly six hundred men. 17 They placed a purple robe on him to make fun of him. Then they braided a victor’s crown, a wreath made of thorns, and set it on his head. 18 And with a mock salute they repeatedly cried out, “Hail, your majesty, king of the Jews!” 19 They kept on spitting in his face and hit him repeatedly on his head with a reed staff, driving the crown of thorns deep into his brow. They knelt down before him in mockery, pretending to pay him homage. 20 When they finished ridiculing him, they took off the purple robe, put his own clothes back on him, and led him away to be crucified.
Terrie's Comments:
Why 600 men? This was not a private mocking and beating by any stretch of the imagination. They were mocking the very heart of who He was and didn't know what they were accomplishing as they were doing it. By Jesus stripes we were healed. By this horrific act we now have healing in the name of Jesus forever! Amen
Tori's Comments:
It hurts to read this. Especially when compared with accounts of Jesus that describe him as the King he truly is and the kingdom He will bring...
If HE could endure such as humbling as this, and asks us to follow in his footsteps, maybe I need to think of myself a little less.
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