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**Greapyjeory** · 05-19-2006, 08:00 AM

Dear Annick,
After my last post I remembered that there IS one reference from the Gospels to the blood of Christ which does relate to His Crucifixion; it is Jn.19:34 "one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and at once there came out blood & water." I should have remembered this (and I don't have the excuse of old age!) However this is usually interpreted by the holy fathers as relating to the Blood of Christ in the Eucharist and not to His sufferings.
Also I did a search for the word 'blood' in a Gospel word search engine and found no hits when related only to the Crucifixion(except again for the one above). So I think the overall point still holds up- ie for a very good theological reason the Evangelists do not dwell on the suffering of Christ at His Crucifixion.
In Christ- Fr R

05-19-2006, 08:00 AM	#20
Greapyjeory Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 405 Senior Member	Dear Annick, After my last post I remembered that there IS one reference from the Gospels to the blood of Christ which does relate to His Crucifixion; it is Jn.19:34 "one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and at once there came out blood & water." I should have remembered this (and I don't have the excuse of old age!) However this is usually interpreted by the holy fathers as relating to the Blood of Christ in the Eucharist and not to His sufferings. Also I did a search for the word 'blood' in a Gospel word search engine and found no hits when related only to the Crucifixion(except again for the one above). So I think the overall point still holds up- ie for a very good theological reason the Evangelists do not dwell on the suffering of Christ at His Crucifixion. In Christ- Fr R
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