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Easing the pain of death
Ready to now lift the Saviour up on the cross, the Roman soldiers as if to pity Jesus, offered Him wine mixed with gall. This was a bitter herbal mixture which was meant to ease the pain of death. But Jesus would not take any pain killers lest He should be accused by Satan (the…
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Naked before the crowd
As they continued their mockery of the Saviour, the soldiers took His robe off, divided it among themselves and cast lots for who would get His tunic… Then on him they threw a purple robe and shouted to the crowd, “Behold thy King”. Through all this shame of public nakedness and embarrassment, Jesus did not…
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The Crown
As they continued to mock Him, the Roman soldiers put upon Jesus, a crown of thorns, as if to provoke the Jews who’d been longing to make Him King. By hook and crook, they had even tried to pressure Him with the grandeurs manner they treated Him as He rode on a pony into Jerusalem.…
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He did not cry “mercy”!
As Jesus started the grand walk to His “It is done” moment, where He’d be declared obedient till death, Satan was determined to bring his worst ever attacks so mercilessly upon the sinless Savior. His intense schemes kept coming, one after the other in quick succession, to make sure Jesus would not even take a…
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“Self” clamoring in private, “Self” clamoring in public
After abandoning Christ in Gethsemane and yielding to sleep at such a crucial time in earth’s history, Peter finds himself wide awake and working in his own power to defend His Master. With his knife in hand, he chops off the ear of one of the soldiers bounding the hands of Jesus. Using his own…