12 FALL 2017
IN THE CLASSROOM
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IT WAS AS BRUTAL AND GRUESOME AS THE ROMAN LEGIONARIES
COULD MAKE IT. THEY FIRST SCOURGED THE NAKED PRISONERS WITH A
WHIP MADE OF LEATHER CORDS TO WHICH SMALL PIECES OF BONE OR
METAL HAD BEEN ATTACHED. THIS PULLED AWAY SKIN FROM THE HEAD
TO THE ANKLES, EXPOSING ALL UNDERLYING MUSCLES TO THE WHIP
AND RESULTING IN A SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF BLOOD. MOST VICTIMS
COLLAPSED AT THIS POINT DUE TO THE PAIN AND SHOCK TO THE BODY.
CROSS
THE SCANDAL
OF THE
OUR FATHER'S UNFATHOMABLE LOVE FOR US
Dr. Scott Wenig
