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The following is a portion of an article from The Christian Post by Kevin Porter

"When Christ prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane before he was captured, he sweated blood out of distress about the crucifixion. "This is a known medical condition called hematidrosis. It's not very common, but it is associated with a high degree of psychological stress," Metherell adds.

"What this did was set up the skin to be extremely fragile so that when Jesus was flogged by the Roman soldier the next day, his skin would be very, very sensitive. Roman floggings were known to be terribly brutal. They usually consisted of 39 lashes but frequently were a lot more than that ...

"The soldier would use a whip of braided leather thongs with metal balls woven into them," he continued. "When the whip would strike the flesh, these balls would cause deep bruises or contusions, which would break open with further blows. And the whip had pieces of sharp bone as well which would cut the flesh severely.

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This devotional was submitted by the Founder of Our Given Purpose®, Torrie Slaughter