Chrissy Siggee

When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death: And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor. Matthew 27:2

And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the servants did strike him with the palms of their hands. Mark 14:65

From the garden of Gethsemane, to the mock trial and on to Golgotha, we learn from the Gospel of Luke the horrendous brutality and damage done to the human body of Jesus by the cruel guards and servants of Gaiaphas.

I can find no other incident in the Bible of such a malicious assault on a helpless person. These soldiers were brutal and full of unjustifiable hatred. They spat spittle and profanities with every slap, whipping and blows. Yet…Jesus stood bound.

His hands where bound together; the same hands that once crafted furniture and toys in wood. The same hands that made a blind man to see and placed on the heads of children as He blessed them. These hands multiplied fish and loaves to feed a multitude. They were the same hands that washed the feet of His disciples and wiped them with a towel.

These bound hands also broke bread; His body, soon to be broken. Mark 14:22 And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake it, and gave to them, and said, Take, eat: this is my body.

They were the hands that held the cup of thanksgiving. Mark 14:27-28 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.

His body, soon to be broken, had already endured significant abused by the hands and weapons of this crowd. Blasphemy spewed from their mouths. And…He remained bound.

And Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Matthew 5:11

© Chrissy Siggee

Scripture Verses used are from the King James Version of the Bible.