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“The Passion of Christ” By lola searcy eliTe news sTaffwRiTeR
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he resurrection season is upon us. and this time of the year always causes me to reflect on the passion of the christ, and just what “The passion of christ” really means. i remember when the Mel Gibson movie “The Passion of christ” was released some seven years ago. i was always curious about why Mr. Gibson chose that particular title. why “The Passion of christ?” why not, “The crucifixion” or “The Death of christ?” what does the passion of christ mean? well, i’m glad you asked and i have the answer to that question just in time for the Resurrection! Passion stems from the latin word pati, meaning “to suffer.” The stem pass comes from the word passive meaning “capable of suffering.” Pass was coined in the early 16th century to denote “the suffering of christ on the cross.” english also acquired the word through the old french word passion meaning “strength of feeling.” This has been transferred in
our modern times to denote sexual attraction and anger. The webster Dictionary states that the word “passion” is “a strong feeling, especially of anger, love or desire;” “an emotion, an intense, driving, or overmastering feeling or conviction”; and “the sufferings of christ between the night of the last supper and his death.” interestingly enough, one version states, “it is the state or capacity of being acted on
by external agents or forces.” what stronger force is there than God? wasn’t it God who wanted “the passion of Jesus” to be a reality? The gospels of Matthew, Mark, luke, and John tell us a lot about the passion of Jesus. These writers tell us that Jesus knew what was going to happen to him, and that he was to suffer for man. luke 9:22 says, “for i, the son of Man, must suffer many terrible things, i will be reject-
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ed by the leaders, the leading priests, and the teachers of religious law. i will be killed, but three days later i will be raised from the dead” (nlT). christ suffered for us physically, but he also suffered in worse ways. he was scorned and hated by those he came to save. how painful that must have been. having his unconditional love not only denied, but thrown back at him with such hatred. it must have been just as painful as the horrendous physical suffering he endured. in luke, it states that King herod tried to save Jesus but the people screamed for his death. luke 23:15 says, “herod came to the same conclusion and sent him back to us. nothing this man has done calls for the death penalty.” luke 23:16 says, “so i will have him flogged, but then i will release him.” But then the most horrible sin of man occurs. in luke 23:18 it states, “Then a mighty roar rose from the crowd, and with one voice they shouted, kill him, and release Barabbas to us!” we have all heard that Jesus
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