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Isiprofeto 1: “Ndawunikela umhlana wam kubabethi.”—Isaya 50:6.c

Inzaliseko: Ngowama-33 C.E., iintshaba zikaYesu ezingamaYuda zaya kummangalela kwiRhuluneli yaseRoma uPontiyo Pilato. Iqonda ukuba uYesu akanatyala, le rhuluneli yazama ukumkhulula. Noko ke, ngenxa yokuba amaYuda ayefuna uYesu abulawe, uPilato ‘wagweba ngelithi makwenziwe oko kwakufunwa ngamaYuda’ watsho emnikela ukuba abethelelwe uYesu. (Luka 23:13-24) Kodwa kuqala, “uPilato wamthabatha uYesu waza wamtyakatya,” okanye wamnikela ukuba akatswe kanobom. (Yohane 19:1) Njengokuba uIsaya wayeprofetile, uYesu akazange axhathise kunoko ‘wawunikela umhlana wakhe kubabethi.’

Oko kutyhilwa yimbali:

● Imbali iyangqina ukuba amaRoma ayewatywatyusha amaxhoba awo ngaphambi kokuba awabulale. Enye ingxelo ithi, “abantu babetywatyushwa ngesabhokhwe esinemisonto eliqela yofele efakelwe amaplanga okanye iintsinjana ezibukhali ezincinane ekupheleni kolutya ngalunye. Ixhoba . . . lalibethwa emhlana . . . de inyama ikrazuke. Maxa wambi, ayebulawa koko kubethwa.” Noko ke, uYesu wasinda kule nkohlakalo.