Jesus was tortured before his crucifixion. The scourging at the pillar tore flesh from his body.

"Blow after blow is discharged by the executioners on My Body, already covered with bruises and broken with fatigue... With whips and knotted cords they strike Me with such violence that My very bones are shaken and I am torn with innumerable wounds... bits of My divine flesh are rent off by the scourges.... Blood flows from every limb, and I am reduced to such a state of pitiable disfigurement as no longer to resemble a human being."

(as told to visionary Sr. Josefa Menendez)