Lee Strobel

Yeah, I'd be glad to pray. Yeah. Lord, thanks for this opportunity to talk not just to Sean, but all these folks who are listening in, watching in. We pray that you would move in all of our hearts to draw us closer and closer to you.

Yeah, I'd be glad to pray. Yeah. Lord, thanks for this opportunity to talk not just to Sean, but all these folks who are listening in, watching in. We pray that you would move in all of our hearts to draw us closer and closer to you.

Those that are skeptics or those that are seekers, we pray that even today be the day that they cross that line, receive you as a forgiver and leader through your son, Jesus. And for those of us who are your children and been your followers for a long time, we pray that you would encourage us, enlighten us, and point us ever more strongly toward the reality of who you are. In Jesus' name, amen.

Those that are skeptics or those that are seekers, we pray that even today be the day that they cross that line, receive you as a forgiver and leader through your son, Jesus. And for those of us who are your children and been your followers for a long time, we pray that you would encourage us, enlighten us, and point us ever more strongly toward the reality of who you are. In Jesus' name, amen.

Those that are skeptics or those that are seekers, we pray that even today be the day that they cross that line, receive you as a forgiver and leader through your son, Jesus. And for those of us who are your children and been your followers for a long time, we pray that you would encourage us, enlighten us, and point us ever more strongly toward the reality of who you are. In Jesus' name, amen.

Yeah, I mean, I would go back a little further to the Garden of Gethsemane where Jesus, it says, sweated blood. And I read that when I was a skeptic and thought, that just shows this is just fantasy land. This is just a literary device to suggest that he was under stress or something.

Yeah, I mean, I would go back a little further to the Garden of Gethsemane where Jesus, it says, sweated blood. And I read that when I was a skeptic and thought, that just shows this is just fantasy land. This is just a literary device to suggest that he was under stress or something.

Yeah, I mean, I would go back a little further to the Garden of Gethsemane where Jesus, it says, sweated blood. And I read that when I was a skeptic and thought, that just shows this is just fantasy land. This is just a literary device to suggest that he was under stress or something.

And then I find there are like 70 cases in medical journals of this medical phenomenon called hematidrosis, hematidrosis, which is when you're under extreme stress, your capillaries in your sweat glands break down and blood seeps in and you sweat a combination of sweat and blood. And so there's actually a medical support for that description of Jesus sweating blood.

And then I find there are like 70 cases in medical journals of this medical phenomenon called hematidrosis, hematidrosis, which is when you're under extreme stress, your capillaries in your sweat glands break down and blood seeps in and you sweat a combination of sweat and blood. And so there's actually a medical support for that description of Jesus sweating blood.

And then I find there are like 70 cases in medical journals of this medical phenomenon called hematidrosis, hematidrosis, which is when you're under extreme stress, your capillaries in your sweat glands break down and blood seeps in and you sweat a combination of sweat and blood. And so there's actually a medical support for that description of Jesus sweating blood.

But the other thing that happens with that medical phenomenon is that it makes your skin ever more sensitive. And so Jesus was set up for an incredibly painful next step, which was being flogged by the Roman soldiers.

But the other thing that happens with that medical phenomenon is that it makes your skin ever more sensitive. And so Jesus was set up for an incredibly painful next step, which was being flogged by the Roman soldiers.

But the other thing that happens with that medical phenomenon is that it makes your skin ever more sensitive. And so Jesus was set up for an incredibly painful next step, which was being flogged by the Roman soldiers.

Now, there's only like a sentence or so in the Bible that says he was flogged, but that was an incredibly brutal experience, that he was stripped, that he was tied to a post, that he was beaten with a whip that had jagged bits of sheep bone embedded in it and balls of lead. The balls of lead would break open the back. The jagged sheep bone would cut the flesh.

Now, there's only like a sentence or so in the Bible that says he was flogged, but that was an incredibly brutal experience, that he was stripped, that he was tied to a post, that he was beaten with a whip that had jagged bits of sheep bone embedded in it and balls of lead. The balls of lead would break open the back. The jagged sheep bone would cut the flesh.

Now, there's only like a sentence or so in the Bible that says he was flogged, but that was an incredibly brutal experience, that he was stripped, that he was tied to a post, that he was beaten with a whip that had jagged bits of sheep bone embedded in it and balls of lead. The balls of lead would break open the back. The jagged sheep bone would cut the flesh.

There's an eyewitness to a Roman flogging who described it this way. He said, the sufferer's veins were laid bare, and the very muscles and tendons and bowels of the victim were laid open to exposure. So this was a horrific beating. Torture. Yeah, torture. It was a horrific beating that he endured. And it put him in what's called hypovolemic shock, which is shock from a great loss of blood.

There's an eyewitness to a Roman flogging who described it this way. He said, the sufferer's veins were laid bare, and the very muscles and tendons and bowels of the victim were laid open to exposure. So this was a horrific beating. Torture. Yeah, torture. It was a horrific beating that he endured. And it put him in what's called hypovolemic shock, which is shock from a great loss of blood.

There's an eyewitness to a Roman flogging who described it this way. He said, the sufferer's veins were laid bare, and the very muscles and tendons and bowels of the victim were laid open to exposure. So this was a horrific beating. Torture. Yeah, torture. It was a horrific beating that he endured. And it put him in what's called hypovolemic shock, which is shock from a great loss of blood.