They spit on Him, and took the staff and struck Him on the head again and again. They spit on Him, and took the staff and struck Him on the head again and again.
Nothing is more destructive to a human personality than a slap in the face.
It is so humiliating, so demeaning, so deeply dehumanizing. It destroys something very basic to our personhood. Doesn't it break your heart when you've done all that you can do to love somebody or help somebody or protect somebody and they accuse you of conspiring against them. It's a psychological slap in the face. We have to be like Jesus and just stand.