BreadOfLife
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"Stripes" refers to "Stripes", not to bleeding caused however by whatever; no bleeding was caused. Before the whipping started, they changed Jesus' apparel for something they put on, whipped Him and afterwards put on his own clothes again, FOR WHAT? Because the clothing they scourged Him in had no blood on to show for their effort. Obvious; but if you will not understand you will not understand.
Why did they have to hit the crown of thorns with a stick? Because they CRAVED HIS BLOOD but got none.
Why you think Pilate asked Jesus if He was some divine being? Because Jesus' "flesh saw no corruption" by any means imaginable! This Man was like a lamb slaughtered, He did not make a sound; this Man was like a god --was God in fact--, He did not shed a piece of skin nor a drop of blood! THIS MAN AS BLOOD OF A GOD no eye of man could see POURED OUT HIS SOUL even the blind could see!
That's a pathetically-ignorant understanding of Roman torture. History and archaeology informs us that the instruments used in scourging were NOT simply leather whips. The ends of the whips were fashioned with metal, bone, claws and anything else they could attach that would rip apart the flesh.
No, my Scripturally-ignorant friend - "Stripes" refers to BLOOD . . .