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Mocking under the cross

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Mathew 27:39-41
39.Those who passed by derided him, shaking their heads.
40.and saying,“You who would destroy the temple and build it in three days,save
yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross.”
41.In the same way the chief priests also,along with the scribes and elders,were
mocking him

Introduction

he mocking of Jesus occurred several times, after his trial
Tand before his crucifixion according to the canonical gospels
of the New Testament. It is considered as part of Jesus’ passion.
According to the passion narratives, Jesus had predicted that
he would be mocked (Matthew 20:19, Mark 10:34, and Luke
18:32). The New Testament narratives of Jesus being mocked
focuses on Jesus’ prophetic and kingly roles. This mocking of
Christ took place in three stages: first, immediately following
his trial, second following his condemnation by Pontius Pilate,
and finally when he was being crucified.

First stage

After Jesus’ condemnation by the Sanhedrin, some
people spat on him (Mark 14:65). He was blindfolded and
beaten, and then mocked: They taunted him saying ‘Prophesy!
Who is that struck you? (Luke 22:63). This was done by the
men who were guarding Jesus; Joel B. Green a renowned New
Testament scholar takes the verse to refer to the ‘Chief priests,
the officers of the temple police, and the elders’.
Green additionally suggests that Jesus suffers the mockery
that is typical of prophets, and that his suffering suggests his
‘solidarity with God’s agents who speak on God’s behalf and
are rejected’. Susan R. Garrett also sees Mark’s inclusion of the
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