Reading: Luke 22:63-65 NLT

Georges Rouault, 1932
The guards in charge of Jesus began mocking and beating him. They blindfolded him and said, “Prophesy to us! Who hit you that time?” And they hurled all sorts of terrible insults at him.
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Reading: Isaiah 53.3 NLT
He was despised and rejected — a man of sorrows, acquainted with deepest grief. We turned our backs on him and looked the other way. He was despised, and we did not care.
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“Just as there were many who were appalled at him— his appearance was so disfigured beyond that of any man and his form marred beyond human likeness—”
(Isaiah 52:13–14 NIV)