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The right answer to this question is found in the following brief study

1) The Romans were known for people putting people to death by crucifixion.
2) As bad as this process was, this was just part of the death process.
3) There was a preliminary step before a person was crucified.
4) This initial step was a flogging. Jesus was beaten in a way that most cannot imagine.
5) Mt. 20:17-19 – READ
6) Mk. 10:32-34 – READ.
7) Jesus said He was going to be flogged and He was not going to recover.
8) He was not going to go be taken to a hospital and receive treatment.
9) He would not be stopping His evangelistic work for six months and then return.
10) It has been said the whip was for punishment and the cross and nails were for execution.
11) The whip was not just punishment; it was about the worst punishment a person can endure.
12) A good whipping (beating) helped heighten the pain of crucifixion.
a) When we look at what happened to Jesus, we get some insight about how awful sin is.
b) If Jesus has not been the one who came in our place, we would deserve that flogging.
13) As our nation has a time of year that focuses on Thanksgiving, we have a big reason to be thankful.
14) Paul said in 2 Cor. 9:15, THANKS BE TO GOD FOR HIS UNSPEAKABLE GIFT.

A PERSON CAN BE WOUNDED IN FIVE DIFFERENT WAYS AND JESUS EXPERIENCED ALL FIVE OF THESE WOUNDS.

1) Some wounds are “contusions” (these do not break the skin, but they show up as bruises/discoloration).
a) Jesus was hit with both fists and blunt instruments.
b) Mt. 26:67 says Jesus was hit with the “palms” of people’s hands.
c) This type of hitting does not normally break the skin.
2) A second type of wound is classified as a “laceration.”
3) With lacerations, a person’s flesh is torn or punctured.
4) The scourging fell into this category.
5) Jesus flesh was torn from His body with the whip that was used on Him.
6) The third category of wounds would fell into the “penetration” category.
a) A crown of thorns was placed on His head (Mt. 27:29).
b) Then Jesus was beaten on the head (Mt. 27:30).
c) A “reed” was used to hit Jesus on the head.
7) Imagine a crown of thumb tacks.
8) Someone puts it on our head and then drives that crown of tacks into our head.
9) The fourth of wound was a “perforated” wound.
10) In Ps. 22:16 the Old Testament predicted that Jesus “hands and feet” were pierced.
11) The final type of wound was an “incised wound.”
12) This means there was some type of cutting; a deep cut from a sharp instrument.
13) A soldier took a spear and pierced Jesus body with it (Jn. 19:34).
14) Jesus was beaten and crucified and the process was worse than we can imagine.
15) We are not saved by Jesus’ pain; we are saved by His death.
16) Are we saved?
17) Without faith we cannot please God (Heb. 11:6).
18) We cannot be a child of God without repentance (Lk. 13:3).
19) We must confess that Jesus is the Son of God (1 Tim. 6:12; Acts 8:36-38).
20) Finally we must be baptized into Christ (Gal. 3:27) for the forgiveness of sins (Acts 2:38; 22:16).
21) Have we done these things and are we living a faithful Christian life?