Q. 376. Why was Christ cruelly scourged? A. Christ was cruelly scourged by Pilate's orders, that the sight of His bleeding body might move His enemies to spare His life. Q. 377. Why was Christ ...

According to church tradition, the monastery marks the spot where Jesus Christ, condemned to death, was scourged by Roman soldiers and crowned with thorns. “Tradition” is a word you hear a lot ...

He will be handed over to the Gentiles and he will be mocked and insulted and spat upon; and after they have scourged him they ... The definitive suffering of Christ began in the upper room ...

I grew up believing Pilot ordered Jesus to be scourged but not too badly because “I have found in him no crime deserving ... Michael Evanari, Professor of Botany at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, ...