Flogged

Matthew 27:26; John 19:1 Eric Brei, DCE The Roman government wanted to make an example out of Jesus, so not only did they sentence him to be crucified; they also beat, humiliated, and whipped him. All because they wanted everyone to know that the government was the only law and Tiberius was their only god. So the Roman government decided to publicly flog Jesus to deter any of Jesus’ followers from continuing His mission. They used a whip called a “cat of nine tails”. This was a special torture device that consisted of nine long leather strips, each strip contained shards of bone and metal. When the whip struck Jesus it tore into His skin and ripped it. The soldiers stripped Jesus naked, and flogged Him until He was almost unrecognizable. This was a horrific site as you can imagine. That is exactly what I ask you to do today. You could spend time thinking about how your words are like a whip to others sometimes or how Jesus kept his composure and didn’t fight back. But rather than look for some life application today, just sit and think about the suffering that Jesus endured through the flogging and humiliation by the Roman government. He did it for you!