Roman Guards were highly skilled and brutal at beating those they were ordered to. For example, in Mel Gibson's "Passion of the Christ" Jesus was near unrecognizable and there wasn't a spot on his upper body, back, chest, head etc that wasn't bruised and bloody. That representation aligned with what I'd visualized from reading about Christ's beating and crucifixion in the Bible and not coincidentally with published medical expert opinions about the condition of Christ's body after the beating, carrying of His cross, and the brutality of His Crucifixion. All of which brought me to tears while visualizing what my Savior did for me.
And so that's why I'm unsure what to think of this representation. I'm not intending to cast dispersion on the article or effort to depict Christ in this moment. Just trying to resolve what I'd visualized with this. Nothing more.
Peace to all this blessed Easter weekend. We serve a Risen Savior!
I wish I could understand why our Lord and savior had to be abused so and suffer so greatly in order to save the world. I don’t truly understand why the Creator’s Son had to become part man then suffer and die to somehow pay for the sins of humanity. At one point I read something and thought I grasped it but it faded away. I wish I could “get it.”
I am saved. Not looking to be evangelized, just saying, thanks.