Matthew 27:27-31
27 Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole company of soldiers around him. 28 They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, 29 and then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand and knelt in front of him and mocked him. "Hail, king of the Jews!" they said. 30 They spit on him, and took the staff and struck him on the head again and again. 31 After they had mocked him, they took off the robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him away to crucify him.
The imagery of this passage is very heartbreaking and disturbing. It reminds me of the movie The Passion of the Christ, and I just remembering cringing during this scene. I can't help but think what fools these soldiers were for treating Jesus in this way, but I also know that this was all according to God's plan. Piggybacking on Christine's reflection from yesterday, would we stand up for Christ during the moments we witness others mocking Jesus? Would we defend His name? There have been many moments in my life where I knew I should have spoken up but failed to do so. Maybe the older you the get, the less concerned you are about what others think...but regardless...I think this is a very challenging area in my life and maybe as well as others?
Also when we choose not to speak up, are we in turn mocking Jesus as well?
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thanks for your reflection, esther. i think you are so right when you say that there are many ways that we mock Jesus in our own lives. the soldiers in the passage mocked Jesus even as they "recognized" Him to be the "king of the Jews". similarly, we mock Jesus when we recognize Him to be the Lord, yet do not do what He says.
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