That he still bore scars is what I’ve always thought so beautiful. It’s what’s intrigued me more than almost anything else all these years about the story so many celebrate at Easter all over the world, believers, half-believers, unbelievers too. The story of resurrection, the idea of it, the hope of it.
Marinus was a Roman soldier serving in Palestine in the latter half of the third century, a good soldier by all accounts. The trouble began when he was promoted to the rank of centurion.