"See, the nails have penetrated through, and from both hands and feet gushes forth the blood of the Holy One.
O these nails have rent the rock of salvation for us, that is may pour forth the water of life; have reft the heavenly bush of balm that it may send forth its perfume.
Yes, they have pierced the hand-writing that was against us, and have nailed it to the tree; and by wounding the Just One, have penetrated through the head of the old serpent.
O let no one be deceived with respect to Him who was thus nailed to the cross! Those pierced hands bless more powerfully than while they moved freely and unfettered. They are the hands of a wonderful Architect who is building the frame of an eternal Church-yea, they are the hands of a Hero, which take from the strong man all his spoil. And believe me, there is no help or salvation save in these hands; and these bleeding feet tread more powerfully than when no fetters restrained their steps. Nothing springs or blooms in the world, except beneath the prints of these feet...
Thank God! in that scene of suffering the Sun of Grace rises over a sinful world, and the Lion of Judah ascends into the region of the spirits that have the power of the air in order, in a mysterious conflict, eternally to disarm them on our behalf."
-"The Suffering Savior," by F.W. Krummacher (gracias to Phil Greendyk for drawing my attention to Krummacher)
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