A medical surgeon, Dr David Acuna couldn’t hold back his tears as he explained the physical suffering Jesus had to endure on the cross as he explained Jesus’ crucifixion using medical terms.

He described how the scourging tore through the skin, then to the muscle and the tendon. It ripped through all the blood vessels, causing the loss of a lot of blood. The surgeon further explained the impact of the thorns on Jesus’ scalp, His carrying of the crossbar, and His nail-pierced hands.

“The median nerve goes through that particular portion of the wrist,” he said. “There would have been either destruction of the nerve or impingement of the nerve that would have created a tremendous amount of pain.”

He went on to explain, “So that every time you try to take a breath it’d be agonizing, you’d be pushing down on spiked feet. Which of course, hurt and then you’d be hanging on spiked arms. And so you alternate from excruciating pain to excruciating pain.”

In the end, he couldn’t hold back his tears about how his discovery led him to a deeper understanding of what Jesus did to save us.

“I’m profoundly impacted by it,” he remarked in tears. “Because I realized that the price that He paid was something I’m not, I would never be willing to do. For probably anybody, it’s very difficult for me to even sing songs about the Cross, even in worship..”

As believers and followers of Christ, we know what Jesus had to pay the ultimate price to save us from our sins. Therefore, when we come to repentance we experience His love, goodness, and mercy. His love changes us and we are never the same again.

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