THE SCOURGING AT THE PILLAR
1. Jesus is taken before the High Priest where He is falsely
accused, buffeted and insulted.
2. The
Jewish leaders take Jesus before Pilate, for only he can impose the death
penalty.
3. The
robber, Barabbas, is preferred to Jesus.
4. Pilate
can "find no cause in Him", yet to appease the Jews, he orders Jesus
to be scourged.
5. The
scourge is made of leather thongs to which are attached small sharp bones.
6. Jesus is
bound to a pillar and cruelly scourged until His whole body is covered with
deep wounds.
7. The Lamb
of God offers His suffering for the sins of mankind.
8. Jesus
suffers so much in His sacred flesh to satisfy, especially, for sins of the
flesh.
9. The
prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: "He was wounded for our iniquities, He
was bruised for our sins."
10. Father, by the
merits of Jesus in this painful scourging, have mercy on us and on the whole
world.