Foundational Podcast

Isaiah 53:5 says, "But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed." The stripes on Jesus' back didn't just bring us salvation and physical healing, it brought emotional healing as well. Jesus was taken by the Roman soldiers from the trial before Governor Pilate and the Jewish crowd into the Praetorium, where He would be scourged and then delivered to execution. When He arrived at the Praetorium, the guards gathered the entire Roman cohort to enjoy some fun with this unusual prisoner. A Roman cohort consisted of either 480 soldiers or 800 soldiers depending on their assignment. The soldiers gathered around ready to mock and ridicule this “prophet” of the Jewish people. First, they stripped Jesus of His clothes to prepare Him for the flogging. One of the soldiers grabbed the royal garment Herod Antipater had given Jesus, put it back on Him and began mocking and calling Him “King of the Jews.” Another so