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Flagellation at the hands of the Romans is mentioned in three of the four canonical Gospels: John 19:1, Mark 15:15, and Matthew 27:26, and was the usual prelude to crucifixion under Roman law. [5] None of the three accounts is more detailed than John's "Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged" (NIV).
Édouard Manet, Jesus Mocked by the Soldiers, c. 1865. After his condemnation by Pontius Pilate, Jesus was flogged and mocked by Roman soldiers.They clothed him with a "purple" or "scarlet" (Matthew 27:28) robe symbolizing a royal gown since purple was a royal color, put a crown of thorns on his head symbolizing a royal crown, and put a staff in his hand symbolizing a scepter.
[2] [3] It is often used as a form of penance and is intended to allow the flagellant to share in the sufferings of Jesus, bringing his or her focus to God. [4] [5] [6] The main religions that practice self-flagellation include some branches of Christianity and Islam. The ritual has also been practiced among members of several Egyptian and ...
Mark 15:6-27 in minuscule script on two pages of Minuscule 2445 from the 12th century The Greek text of Mark 15:29–31,33-34 in uncial script on Uncial 0184 from the 6th century Mark 15:36–37,40-41in Greek-Coptic from Uncial 0184 (Vindobonensis Pap. K. 8662; 6th century).
Jesus replies by promising him that he will be with him that same day in Paradise. [ 10 ] [ 3 ] Tradition has given this bandit the name of the penitent thief and the other the impenitent thief. The Gospel of John , thought to be written about AD 90–95, [ 5 ] also says that Jesus was crucified with two others, but in this account they are not ...
In the Gospel of Luke, after the Sanhedrin trial of Jesus, the Court elders ask Pontius Pilate to judge and condemn Jesus in Luke 23:2, accusing Jesus of making false claims of being a king. While questioning Jesus about the claim of being the King of the Jews , Pilate realizes that Jesus is a Galilean and therefore under Herod's jurisdiction.
Jesus "turned and looked straight at him", and Peter remembered the words Jesus had spoken to him: "Before the rooster crows today, you will disown me three times." [ 2 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 5 ] In John 18 ( John 18:24 ), Jesus is sent from Annas to Caiaphas the high priest.
Unlike Roman times, British law explicitly forbade the combination of corporal and capital punishment; thus, a convict was either flogged or hanged but never both. Flagellation took place either with a single whip or, more notoriously, with the cat o' nine tails. Typically, the offender's upper half was bared and he was suspended by the wrists ...