\b0 Flagellation was one of the most painful forms of tortur
e. The scourge used to whip the condemned was made up of numerous leather straps to the end of which small lead balls were attached. These cut deeply into the back of the condemned who was normally tied to a post or a column. IsaiahÆs prophesy of the sc
ourged and mocked ôman of sorrowsö has always been regarded by the church as an image of Christ who was not humiliated by his suffering because God helped him (c.f. Isaiah 50:7). In the exaltation of the symbols of the \b \cf4 \ATXht71600 Passion\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 of Christ, an intimation of victory is already felt, a victory that will be complete in the resurrection from death.\par