Oh, let the Son of God enfold you with His spirit and his love.

Let him fill your heart and satisfy your soul.

Oh, let him have the things that hold you,

and his spirit like a dove will descend upon your life and make you home.

Welcome to the Word for today,

featuring the Bible teaching of Pastor Chuck Smith,

founder of the Calvary Chapel Movement.

This radio program is a verse by verse study through the entire Bible.

And on today's edition of the Word for today,

Pastor Chuck continues with the scourging and crucifixion of Jesus

as we pick up in Matthew chapter 27 verse 26

and now with today's message

here's Pastor Chuck

the purpose of the skirting

was to solve the unsolved

crimes in the community

the idea being

that if the prisoner would confess to a crime

that the executioner applying the whip would make it a little easier each time.

But if he was stubborn and refused to confess some crime against Rome, then he had laid on

harder and harder and harder until the prisoner, because of the excruciating pain, was forced

to cry out his crimes against Rome. They always had a man standing by, a scribe, ready to write down the things that

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