馬可福音15:16-20

 

15:16 兵丁把耶穌帶進衙門院裡，叫齊了全營的兵。
15:17 他們給他穿上紫袍，又用荊棘編做冠冕給他戴上，
15:18 就慶賀他說：「恭喜，猶太人的王啊！」
15:19 又拿一根葦子打他的頭，吐唾沫在他臉上，屈膝拜他。
15:20 戲弄完了，就給他脫了紫袍，仍穿上他自己的衣服，帶他出去，要釘十字架。

 

¹⁶ The soldiers led Jesus away into the palace (that is, the Praetorium) and called together the whole company of soldiers. ¹⁷ They put a purple robe on him, then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on him. ¹⁸ And they began to call out to him, “Hail, king of the Jews!” ¹⁹ Again and again they struck him on the head with a staff and spit on him. Falling on their knees, they paid homage to him. ²⁰ And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him out to crucify him.

 

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    主耶穌被羅馬兵丁戲弄，凸顯惡者的本性，牠的目的就是要貶抑人，讓人看不起自己，更看不起別人。連主耶穌被澆在羅馬士兵的受中之時，他也利用這些人來貶抑主耶穌！

 

    但是上帝並非如此，祂看我們為至寶，為祂愛的對象，甚至為了拯救我們脫離罪和死的轄制，竟然透過耶穌基督的代贖，為我們承擔罪的刑罰，付出祂的獨生愛子為代價，益彰顯人的代價！

 

    上帝竟然如此愛我們，祂不僅用自己的形象造我們，更用主耶穌為贖罪羔羊成為挽回祭，使上帝不再以憤怒和刑罰對待祂所拯救的人，反倒用慈愛和恩典使我們成為祂聖潔的兒女，進入父家中，和基督同享王權！