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=== Scouraging ===

* Pilate knew he was not a criminal, that he was innocent
* but wanted to appease the crowd, so ordered the scourging
** so was a political act
** wanted to maintain his authority
** so split the difference
** but it only increased the crowd's bloodlust
* the beating itself was cruel
** could kill people
* evidence shows his flesh was torn head to toe
** the rods were covered with ___ to would catch his skin and flesh
* this is the most gruesome and disfiguring part of the Passion
** loss of blood greatest at scourging
** crucifixion was designed to kill people slowly
** death was by ultimate asphyxiation not blood loss
* Pope Benedict
** the point of the scourging was to make the flesh hang down
* Stations of the Cross
** his weakened state, unable to carry the cross
* the Lord did not resist any of these punishments
** Isa 52 ... "so marred was his look beyond human semblance"
** by those stripes we were healed
** lamb led to the slaughter
** he was silent << didn't resist 
** << the prophesy came true
* violence against the innocent not uncommon
* JPII said "Oh my jesus, how cruelly bound you were to the pillar..
** penalty for our sins