The
physical trauma
of Christ begins
in Gethsemane with
one of the initial
aspects of His suffering
... the bloody sweat.
It is interesting
that the physician
of the group, St.
Luke, is the only
one to mention this.
He says, "And being
in agony, He prayed
the longer.
And his sweat became
as drops of blood,
trickling down upon
the ground."
Though
very rare, the phenomenon
of hemathidrosis,
or bloody sweat,
is well documented.
Under great emotional
stress, tiny capillaries
in the sweat glands
can break, thus
mixing blood with
sweat. This
process alone could
have produced marked
weakness and possible
shock. After the
arrest in the middle
of the night, Jesus
was brought before
the Sanhedrin and
Caiaphas, the High
Priest. A
soldier struck Jesus
across the face
for remaining silent
when questioned
By Caiaphas.
The palace guards
then blindfolded
Him and mockingly
taunted Him to identify
them as they each
passed By, spat
on Him, and struck
Him in the face.
In the early morning,
Jesus, battered
and bruised, dehydrated,
and exhausted from
a sleepless night,
is taken across
Jerusalem to the
Praetorian of the
Fortress Antonia.
It was there, in
response to the
cries of the mob,
that Pilate ordered
Barabbas released
and condemned Jesus
to scourging and
crucifixion.
Preparations
for the scourging
are carried out.
The prisoner is
stripped of His
clothing and His
hands tied to a
post above His head.
The Roman legionnaire
steps forward with
the flagrum in his
hand. This
is a short whip
consisting of several
heavy, leather thongs
with two small balls
of lead attached
to the ends of each
. The heavy
whip is brought
down with full force
again and again
across Jesus' shoulders,
back and legs.
At
first the heavy
thongs cut through
the skin only.
Then, as the blows
continue, they cut
deeper into subcutaneous
tissues, producing
first an oozing
of blood from the
capillaries and
veins of the skin,
and finally spurting
arterial bleeding
from vessels in
the underlying muscles.
The small balls
of lead first produce
large, deep bruises
which are broken
open By subsequent
blows. Finally the
skin of the back
is hanging in long
ribbons and the
entire area is an
unrecognizable mass
of torn and bleeding
tissue. When
it is determined
By the centurion
in charge that the
prisoner is near
death, the beating
is stopped. The
half-fainting Jesus
is then untied and
allowed to slump
to the stone pavement,
wet with His own
blood. The
Roman soldiers see
a great joke in
this provincial
Jew claiming to
be a king.
They throw a robe
across His shoulders
and place a stick
in His hand for
a scepter.
A small bundle of
flexible branches
covered with long
thorns is pressed
into His scalp.
Again
there is copious
bleeding (the scalp
being one of the
most vascular areas
in the body).
After mocking Him
and striking Him
across the face,
the soldiers take
the stick from His
hand and strike
Him across the head,
driving the thorns
deeper into His
scalp. Finally,
they tire of their
sadistic sport and
the robe is torn
from his back.
This had already
become adherent
to the clots of
blood and serum
in the wounds, and
its removal, just
as in the careless
removal of a surgical
bandage, cause excruciating
pain ... almost
as though He were
again being whipped,
and the wounds again
begin to bleed.
The heavy beam of
the cross is then
tied across His
shoulders, and the
procession of the
condemned Christ,
two thieves and
the execution detail,
begins its slow
journey. The
weight of the heavy
wooden beam, together
with the shock produced
By copious blood
loss, is too much.
He stumbles and
falls. The
rough wood of the
beam gouges into
the lacerated skin
and muscles of the
shoulders.
He tries to rise,
but human muscles
have been pushed
beyond their endurance.
At
Golgotha, the beam
is placed on the
ground and Jesus
is quickly thrown
backward with His
shoulders against
the wood.
The legionnaire
feels for the depression
at the front of
the wrist.
He drives a heavy,
square, wrought-iron
nail through the
wrist and deep in
the wood.
Quickly, he moves
to the other side
and repeats the
action, being careful
not to pull the
arms too tightly,
but to allow some
flexion and movement.
The beam is then
lifted in place
at the top of the
posts and the titulus
reading "Jesus of
Nazareth, King of
the Jews" is nailed
in place. The left
foot is pressed
backward against
the right foot,
and with both feet
extended, toes down,
a nail is driven
through the arch
of each. As
he pushes Himself
upward to avoid
the stretching torment,
He places His full
weight on the nail
through His feet.
Again there is the
searing agony of
the nail through
His feet.
Again there is the
searing agony of
the nail tearing
through the nerves
between the metatarsal
bones through the
feet.
As
the arms fatigue,
great waves of cramps
sweep over the muscles,
knotting them in
deep, relentless,
throbbing pain.
With these cramps
comes the inability
to push Himself
upward. Hanging
By His arms, the
pectoral muscles
are unable to act.
Air can be drawn
into the lungs,
but cannot be exhaled.
Jesus fights to
raise Himself in
order to get even
one short breath.
Finally, carbon
dioxide builds up
in the lungs and
in the blood stream
and the cramps partially
subside. Spasmodically,
He is able to push
Himself upward to
exhale and bring
in the life-giving
oxygen. Hours of
this limitless pain,
cycles of twisting,
joint-rending cramps,
intermittent partial
asphyxiation, searing
pain as tissue is
torn from His lacerated
back as He moves
up and down against
the rough timber.
Then another agony
begins. A
deep crushing pain
deep in the chest
as the pericardium
slowly fills with
serum and begins
to compress the
heart. The compressed
heart is struggling
to pump heavy, thick,
sluggish blood into
the tissues.
The tortured lungs
are making a frantic
effort to gasp in
small gulps of air.
The markedly dehydrated
tissues send their
flood of stimuli
to the brain.
Jesus gasps, "I
thirst."
He
can feel the chill
of death creeping
through His tissues.
With one last surge
of strength, He
once again presses
His torn feet against
the nail, straightens
His legs, takes
a deeper breath,
and utters His seventh
and last cry, "Father,
into Thy hands I
commit my spirit."
Apparently
to make doubly sure
of death, the legionnaire
drove his lance
through the fifth
interspaced between
the ribs, upward
through the pericardium
and into the heart.
Immediately there
came out blood and
water. We
therefore have rather
conclusive postmortem
evidence that Our
Lord died, not the
usual crucifixion
death By suffocation,
but of heart failure
due to shock and
constriction of
the heart By fluid
in the pericardium.
What
Jesus did for you
and I was done because
"he" loves us all
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pain for us all
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