Author Faculty (Discipline)

Theology

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

8-6-2021

Journal

Evangelical Quarterly

Volume Number

92

Issue Number

1

Page Numbers

1-20

ISSN

2772-5472

Embargo Period

8-10-2021

ANZSRC / FoR Code

5004 Religious studies

Reportable Items (HERDC/ERA)

C1

Abstract

This article proceeds through a series of integrated sections. First, the problem of the Fourth Gospel’s (FG) positioning of the scourging of Jesus and the Roman soldiers’ mocking of him in the midst of the trial is compared with Mark’s account of the trial. Second, by drawing on contemporary sources the methods of Roman crucifixion are examined to provide a guide for interpreting the Biblical data. Third, the efforts to harmonize the FG with the other Gospels by suggesting it referred to a lighter lashing are examined and found wanting. The next four sections develop John’s approach to the Trial as a drama; not as fiction, but as a creative reshaping of his data. By placing the mocking as well as the scourging of Jesus prior to Pilate’s handing him over to be crucified allows the FG to climax the drama with Jesus finally exiting from the praetorium to face his accusers for the first time as their King (Messiah).

Link to publisher version (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.1163/27725472-09201001

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