The soldiers led Jesus away into the palace (that is, the Praetorium) and called together the whole company of soldiers. They put a purple robe on him, then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on him. And they began to call out to him, “Hail, king of the Jews!” Again and again they struck him on the head with a staff and spit on him. Falling on their knees, they paid homage to him. And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him out to crucify him. Mark 15:16-20
Those who passed by hurled
insults at him, shaking their heads and saying, “So! You who are going to
destroy the temple and build it in three days, come down
from the cross and save yourself!”
In the same way the chief
priests and the teachers of the law mocked him among themselves. “He saved
others,” they said, “but he can’t save himself! Let this
Messiah, this king of Israel, come down now from the cross, that we may see and
believe.” Those crucified with him also heaped insults on him. Mark 15:29-32
Jesus
endured emotional abuse on top of the physical abuse. He already dealt with betrayal by his closest
friends, now this. Jesus allowed a
compounding of the hurt because sin comes in many forms, physical, relational
and emotional. Jesus endured it all so
he could die for it all.