John 19
Pilate had Jesus flogged.
The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on Jesus' head.
The soldier's mocked him and slapped him in the face repeatedly.
The chief priests and temple servants shouted, "Crucify him!"
At about noon when Pilate took Jesus out to the people, the Jews yelled, "Crucify him!" Then Pilate handed him over to be crucified. Pilate did try to release him, but to no avail. The crowd wanted Jesus dead. Pilate stood firm in keeping the wording he chose for the sign he had written to hang above Jesus on the cross: JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF TH JEWS.
We know from other Gospel writers that far more than this happened to Jesus. He was beaten, whipped, spat on, indecently exposed, lied about.
Everything that happened to him is what we deserve - but he paid the price. He bore it all for humanity, that we could have life and have it to the full.
Those who saw him die that day thought it was over. It was the blackest of Fridays, and now we can call it Good!
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