This passage from John’s Gospel is as stark and direct as you can find in John’s Gospel which its readers can complain about for its abreactions. What it is emphasizing is that Jesus really died a painful and final death. Why is it going that? To make the wonder and the mystery of the Resurrection all the more astonishing.

About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly is a Jesuit priest and English language publisher of the respected Jesuit periodical, La Civilta Cattolica.

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