THE PASSION, PRAYERS and PROMISES

THE PASSION, PRAYERS and PROMISES

Be it known that the number of armed soldiers were 150; those who trailed Me while I was bound were 23.  The number of executioners of justice were 83; the blows received on My Head were 150; those on My Stomach, 108; kicks on My Shoulders, 80.  I was led, bound with cords by the Hair, 24 times; spits in the Face were 180; I was beaten on the Body 6666 times; beaten on the Head, 110 times. I was roughly pushed, and at 12 o’clock was lifted up by the Hair; pricked with thorns and pulled by the Beard 32 times; received 20 wounds on the Head; thorns of marine junks, 72; pricks of thorns in the Head, 110; mortal thorns in the Forehead, 3. I was afterwards flogged and dressed as a mocked king; wounds in the Body, 1000. The soldiers who led Me to the Calvary were 608; those who watched Me were 3, and those who mocked Me were 1008; the Drops of Blood which I lost were 28,430.

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