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I’ve been thinking about this for a while.
The gospels explain how various family and friends watched and witnessed
what happened to Jesus on the cross.
I don’t think I could have done that, I can’t even watch The Passion
of the Christ without getting upset.
How awful to watch someone you love and care about, suffer in such an awful
way.
But yet it was important for the witnesses to be there and record the
events for us all! So I think God must have given them the strength to
watch and bare it.
I did wonder if there might have been long term effects like PTSD etc
But then they had the wonderful opportunity to see the empty tomb later and
see the risen Jesus, so maybe the wonderful ending cancelled out all the
terrible sights witnessed by them.
Still it would have been a really difficult thing to watch.
I dont think I could have done it.
The gospels explain how various family and friends watched and witnessed
what happened to Jesus on the cross.
I don’t think I could have done that, I can’t even watch The Passion
of the Christ without getting upset.
How awful to watch someone you love and care about, suffer in such an awful
way.
But yet it was important for the witnesses to be there and record the
events for us all! So I think God must have given them the strength to
watch and bare it.
I did wonder if there might have been long term effects like PTSD etc
But then they had the wonderful opportunity to see the empty tomb later and
see the risen Jesus, so maybe the wonderful ending cancelled out all the
terrible sights witnessed by them.
Still it would have been a really difficult thing to watch.
I dont think I could have done it.