it did not begin to compare with the mental and spiritual anguish of His taking on Himself the sin of the world. When He “bore our sins in His own body on the tree” (1 Pet. 2:24), He was shaken to the very center of His being. But beyond that was the pain of becoming a curse for us (Gal. 3:10) and experiencing the wrath of God the Father that had to be unveiled against sin. To be deserted by all the disciples while He was paying the price for their sin was wrenching enough, but to be abandoned by the