Who Is This King of Glory?

The four Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) record four different writings of the life of Christ. They had four different authors who witnessed many of the same events through their own unique perception. I will not state the different recordings of the treatment of Jesus right before the crucifixion but I do encourage you to read all four. Matthew 27:27 – 31; Mark 15:16-20; Luke 22:63-65; John 19:1-3;

We find more details written from Matthew and Mark wherein Luke and John wrote very short explanations. I believe that the cruel and inhumane treatment of their dear Teacher and Friend was too much to expound on. The treatment was exposed for what it was in my commentary. We cannot enjoy the promises and eternal gifts from God without understanding the price that was paid. These are heavy words for our hearts but Christ is worthy of our complete understanding of His sacrifice.

They stripped Him – This was done in an effort to humiliate Him.

They scourged Him – Scourging was a form of Roman punishment wherein He would have been beaten with a whip or rod that had pieces of metal or bone cutting deep gashes in the flesh;

They clothed Him - The scarlet robe was their intention to mock Him for claiming He was the I AM-

They crowned Him – The crown of thorns was meant by them to mock the claim with suffering that He was King over the Jews.

They blindfolded Him – This was done so that they could strike Him in the face mocking Him to prophesy who had slapped Him.

But what man can do to each other God did, can and will turn it to His glory. Evil always tries to counterfeit God. Jesus being stripped for me symbolizes the fact that through His sacrifice my life has been stripped of eternal damnation. As heart breaking and difficult as it is for me to imagine what Jesus went through during scourging, I am eternally thankful that our flesh is temporary and God can spiritually heal what the physical can cause.

“‘They stripped Him and put a scarlet robe on Him.’ But that robe has a message for us. Since scarlet is associated with sin, I like to think that the robe pictures my sins being placed on Jesus so that God’s robe of righteousness might be placed on me. ‘They twisted a crown of thorns…’ We understand that He wore a crown of thorns that we might wear a crown of glory. Jesus bore it all patiently; He didn’t say a word.' Believer’s Bible Commentary, p. 1308

‘For consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, lest you become weary and discouraged in your souls’ (Heb. 12:3).

What His creation of man prepared through mockery God fulfilled as reality! He is the King of Glory!