11.Jesus Before the Soldiers (from The Passion of Christ: A Gay Vision) by Douglas Blanchard
“Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus… and they stripped him.” -- Matthew 27:27-28 (RSV)
The Gay Passion of Christ series, up to No. 11, is posted at the Jesus in Love Blog. The combination of Doug Blanchard's paintings and Kittredge Cherry's words, along with passages from Scripture is powerful, indeed. The series will run daily throughout the Lenten season. See for yourself.
Doug's painting shown above is powerful, indeed, as are KittKatt's words.
The magistrate’s soldiers pulled off Jesus’ clothes and mocked him with contempt. They made ethnic jokes about him for being Jewish, and taunted him as a “king” because he taught that God’s kingdom of unconditional love is here and now. They could have used “queer” or a “faggot” or “lezzy” or any other slur.