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FORT MYERS, Fla. – Jon Lester may be going where no pitcher has gone before.
Yahoo! Sports reported on Sunday that, according to a source close to the Red Sox, Lester has signed a five-year, $30 million deal with a $13 million option for the 2014 season. Red Sox officials, including CEO/President Larry Lucchino, GM Theo Epstein and manager Terry Francona, all declined to confirm, deny or comment on the report.
Earlier this spring, however, the pitcher made clear his desire to remain a Red Sox for the long haul.
"This organization," said Lester, "is special to me and to my family. They've done a lot for us. The people in it have treated us very well."
"I don't see myself playing elsewhere … I'd love to stay here for the rest of my career if I can," he added. "If the topic (of a long-term deal) comes up, we're definitely going to sit there and listen and try to get something done. I'd love to be here for a very long time and have that security. When it comes up, hopefully we can get something done and be set."
Lester acknowledged at the time that a long-term deal would necessarily involve a form of risk-sharing with the Red Sox, and that players need to sacrifice some dollars in exchange for both financial security and greater geographical stability. The left-hander made clear that he was open to those compromises to remain with the team that drafted him in 2002.
"Both sides win," Lester said. "The young guys get money that's going to set their families for the rest of their lives. They get the security. They know where they're going to be at.
"It's nice to see (teammates Dustin Pedroia and Kevin Youkilis get long-term deals). It's probably nice for a lot of these other younger guys to see that the Red Sox care that much about their young guys to lock 'em up. I think it's good on both sides. They're not spending free-agent money to get other guys. These guys are taking the right discounts and the Red Sox are giving them the right amount to be here for a long time."
Now, it appears that Lester will be joining his teammates. If the reported terms are accurate, the deal would not only keep the 25-year-old pitcher in a Red Sox uniform through his 20s, but also represent the biggest commitment ever made to a pitcher at Lester's career stage.
Lester has slightly more than two years of major-league service time. He is still a pre-arbitration player to whom the Sox can assign any contract value above the major-league minimum ($400,000) that they see fit. It would not be until after this coming year that Lester could secure a big payday through the arbitration process. Apparently, that timetable is about to change.
Never before in major-league history has a pitcher with Lester's experience been given a contract with more than a four-year guarantee. Lester, if the report is accurate, will get five.
Never before in major-league history has a pitcher with Lester's major-league service time been given a guarantee of more than $15 million. The left-hander will double that amount.
That Lester would receive these sorts of unprecedented guarantees is startling. It was just over a year ago, after all, that Lester was hoping to demonstrate his abilities over the course of a full baseball season for the first time in his major-league career.
Most of the baseball world had little idea what to expect from the pitcher. Questions loomed as to whether he would ever recapture the immense promise he demonstrated during his journey through the minors, which was interrupted by cancer in his first major-league season.
Those questions were answered in remarkable fashion. Lester was the ace of the Red Sox staff last year, going 16-6 with a 3.21 ERA in 210 regular-season innings. He followed that by recording a 2.36 era in 26 postseason innings.
A common refrain crept up among talent evaluators from other clubs, more than one of whom suggested they had no idea that Lester would be so dominant, so quickly. Baseball officials were not alone in marveling at Lester's emergence.
"I'm not blown away by too much. But I love watching playoff baseball if I'm not in it," John Smoltz said upon his arrival in spring training. "What these guys have done, especially Jon Lester, what he did last year, I just sat there with my mouth open. At that time of the year, you're not supposed to be doing what he did."
Presuming that the Yahoo! report accurately represents the terms of a potential deal, the Red Sox are paying Lester as if he is indeed a rare breed.
Since 2005, there have been six pre-arbitration pitchers signed to long-term deals after two-plus seasons: Cliff Lee (4 years, $15 million), Adam Wainwright (4 years, $15 million), Jake Peavy (4 years, $14.5 million), Chris Young (4 years, $14.5 million), Scott Baker (4 years, $14.5 million) and Jeff Francis (4 years, $13.25 million).
All of those pitchers except Wainwright have offered the club a one-year option that would buy out their first year of free agency for $7-9.25 million. Wainwright gave the Cardinals options on his first two free-agent years, valued at $9 million and $12 million.
A five-year, $30 million guaranteed contract, then, would guarantee Lester $6 million more than any of those peers through his first free-agent year. The Sox would be placing more trust (as defined by guaranteed dollars) in Lester than any other club for any other pitcher who had not yet reached arbitration eligibility.
So why would Lester get such a bump?
Either he is viewed as a pitcher who has separated himself from other pitchers with two-plus years of service time (unlikely, given that both Lee and Peavy have won Cy Youngs) or that other contracts are influencing his.
The latter scenario appears more likely. It would seem that a few contracts represent key markers for a long-term deal for Lester.
Indians pitcher Fausto Carmona, after just more than a year of big-league service, signed a four-year, $15 million deal at the start of 2008. The deal could be worth up to $36 million for the guaranteed term of Lester's contract (if the Indians exercise a pair of options to buy out one free-agent year), and up to $48 million total (as compared to $43 million for Lester) for a second year of free agency.
Left-hander Cole Hamels, who won the World Series MVP for the Phillies this October, offers another point of comparison. Hamels, who has played just under three seasons in the majors, was arbitration-eligible for the first time this winter.
The Phillies will pay the pitcher $20.5 million over the next three years. For a five-year, $30 million deal, the Sox would pay close to but slightly less than that amount for Lester's arbitration years.
Angels pitcher Ervin Santana, who went 16-7 with a 3.49 ERA last year and was arbitration-eligible this winter after reaching more than three years of service in the majors, signed a four-year, $30 million deal this offseason. The deal bought out one year of free agency, and also featured a $13 million club option that is identical to the one that Lester has reportedly offered.
For all intents and purposes, Lester's deal matches that of Santana. Long-term deals for pitchers with comparable service time usually offer a low salary (less than $1 million) in the first season, suggesting that Lester's arbitration-eligible and free-agent seasons are valued almost identically with Santana's.
That in itself would represent a coup for the Red Sox pitcher, since the earlier a player signs a long-term deal, the less money he typically gets, since there is less data about his long-term performance.
"I think it is quite a leap of faith, but could save (the Sox) money in the long run," one executive of another club suggested. "The obviously believe in Lester."
Even so, while the Sox may be willing to give Lester top dollar for his service class, the team still would stand to benefit from such a long-term deal. Lester has the potential to make piles of money through the arbitration process given some of his markers of career success.
Lester is 27-8 in his big-league career, and his .771 winning percentage ranks as the best of all time for pitchers with at least 25 starts. Last season, he vaulted to elite status, becoming one of just seven pitchers this decade who, at age 24 or under, won at least 15 games with a sub-4.00 ERA in one of his first three seasons.
Such pitchers can make quite a bit by going year-to-year. Cubs pitcher Carlos Zambrano, for instance, made roughly $22.6 million with three one-year deals during his three arbitration years.
Moreover, Lester's free-agent year could end being a bargain should this year's market, in which Derek Lowe received $15 million per year, A.J. Burnett got an average annual value of $16.5 million and CC Sabathia received an average of $23 million per year.
In many ways, Lester's profile is similar to that of Cliff Lee at the time that he signed his four-year, $15 million extension. The Indians left-handed had about 2.5 years of big-league service and was coming off a year when he won 18 games and had a 3.79 ERA when he signed.
In 2007, the deal looked like it might represent an albatross when Lee had to be sent to the minors in a year when he went 5-8 with a 6.29 ERA. Last year, however, he turned in easily the most dominant season in the American League en route to the Cy Young.
Cleveland will retain his services for the bargain rate of $5.75 million for what would have been his final year of arbitration eligibility. Assuming Lee does not get injured, the team's $9 million option for his first free-agent year in 2010 will also represent excellent value.
"Any multiyear deal for a pre arb player is about sharing risk," Indians G.M. Mark Shapiro, who reached deals with both Carmona and Lee, explained in an email. "In every case, we are attempting to find a value that both the player and team will feel good about over the length of the deal while being very upfront that we are both risking something in the deal – the team overpaying due to injury or an unexpected drop in performance, and the player risks leaving money on the table that he would make in arbitration going year to year healthy with consistent performance.
"We attempt to find that value that works for both sides but are also comfortable if the player prefers to go year to year. The defined risk is different for every player and is certainly greater incrementally from position players to starting pitchers to relief pitchers."
Lester, the Sox seem to have concluded, is a player and person worthy of such a risk. For his part, the pitcher has concluded that he does not want to leave his club, a commitment that is worth some potential financial sacrifice of his own.
The apparent result is a deal unlike any other in major-league history. Of course, Lester's career path has also been unique in big-league annals, and so perhaps it is only fitting that he might receive a contract that reflects that fact.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Passion (Christianity) Passion (Christianity) Part of a series on the Death and resurrection of Jesus Passion • • • • • • • • • • • Before Pilate Flagellation Crown of Thorns Via Dolorosa Jesus' action (Greek agon) praying before his arrest in the Garden of Gethsemane; similarly to passion, agony has been extended to denote a frame of mind. Those parts of the four Gospels that describe these events are known as the "Passion narratives". The non-canonical Gospel of Peter is also a Passion narrative. The Passion according to the Gospels Hypotheses • • • • Resurrection Stolen body Swoon Vision Holy Week • • • • Palm Sunday Maundy Thursday Good Friday Easter Miscellaneous • • • • Atonement (substitutionary) Crucifixion eclipse Empty tomb Talpiot Tomb Other views • Islamic • Jehovah's Witnesses The Passion is the Christian theological term used for the events and suffering – physical, spiritual, and mental – of Jesus in the hours before and including his trial and execution by crucifixion. The Crucifixion of Jesus is an event central to Christian beliefs. The etymological origins of the word lie in the Latin passus (stemming from pati, patior"to suffer [to happen]", in the passive sense), [1] and it first appears in second century Christian texts precisely to describe the travails and suffering of Jesus in this present context. The word passion has since taken on a more general application. The term the Agony of Jesus is more specifically applied to the Agony in the Garden, The Crown of Thorns by Titian. The accounts of the Passion are found in the four canonical gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Three of these, Matthew, Mark, and Luke, known as the Synoptic Gospels, give very similar accounts. The Gospel of John includes additional details. 1 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Passion (Christianity) criminal, or saving Jesus. In response to the screaming mob Pilate sends Jesus out to be crucified. Judas, the betrayer, is filled with remorse and tries to return the money he was paid for betraying Jesus. When the high priests say that that is his affair, Judas throws the money into the temple, goes off, and hangs himself. Golgotha, a hill outside Jerusalem, later morning through mid afternoon. Jesus is crucified and dies. During the arrest in Gethsemane, someone (Peter according to John) takes a sword and cuts off the ear of the high priest's servant, Malchus. According to the synoptic gospels, the high priest who examines Jesus is Caiaphas; in John, Jesus is also interrogated by Annas, Caiaiphas' father-in-law. The Gospel of Luke states that Pilate sent Jesus to be judged by Herod Antipas because as a Galilean he was under his jurisdiction. Herod was excited at first to see Jesus and hoped Jesus would perform a miracle for him and asked Jesus several questions but Jesus did not answer. Herod then mocked him and sent him back to Pilate after giving him an "elegant" robe to wear. [2] All the Gospels have a man named Barabbas[3] released by Pilate instead of Jesus. Matthew, Mark and John have Pilate offer a choice between Jesus and Barabbas to the crowd; Luke lists no choice offered by Pilate, but represents the crowd demanding his release. Passion of Christ, from ca. 1480-90, St. James' church in Toruń. The Passion begins at Matthew 26, Mark 14, Luke 22 and John 12 with the conspiracy against Jesus, and unfolds in the following events: A meal a few days before Passover. A woman anoints Jesus. He says that for this she will always be remembered. In Jerusalem, the Last Supper shared by Jesus and his disciples. Jesus gives final instructions, predicts his betrayal, and tells them all to remember him. On the path to Gethsemane after the meal. Jesus tells them they will all fall away that night; after Peter protests he will not, Jesus says Peter will deny him three times before the cock crows. Gethsemane, later that night. As the disciples rest, Jesus prays; then a mob led by Judas Iscariot arrests Jesus, and all the others run away. The high priest's palace, later that night. The mob brings Jesus to the Sanhedrin (Jewish supreme court); they examine Jesus and determine he deserves to die (see Sanhedrin Trial of Jesus). They send him to Pontius Pilate. The courtyard outside the high priest's palace, the same time. Peter has followed Jesus and joined the mob awaiting Jesus' fate; they suspect he is a sympathizer, so Peter denies he knows Jesus. Suddenly the cock crows and Peter remembers what Jesus had said. The governor's palace, early morning. Pilate, the Roman governor, examines Jesus, decides he is innocent; the Jewish leaders and the crowd demand Jesus' death; Pilate gives them the choice of saving Barabbas, a Icon of the Passion, detail showing (left) the Flagellation and (right) Ascent to Golgotha (fresco by Theophanes the Cretan, Stavronikita Monastery, Mount Athos). In all the Gospels, Pilate asks Jesus if he is King of the Jews and Jesus replies So you say. Once condemned by Pilate, he was flogged before execution. The Canonical Gospels, 2 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia except Luke, record that Jesus was then taken by the soldiers to the Praetorium where, according to Matthew and Mark, the whole contingent of soldiers was called together. They placed a purple robe on him, put a crown of thorns on his head, and according to Matthew, put a rod in his hand. They mocked him by hailing him as King of the Jews, paying homage and hitting him on the head with the rod. According to the Gospel of John, Pilate had Jesus brought out a second time, wearing the purple robe and the crown of thorns, in order to appeal his innocence before the crowd, saying "Ecce homo", "Here is the man". But, John represents, the priests urged the crowd to demand Jesus' death. Pilate resigned himself to the decision, washing his hands (according to Matthew) before the people as a sign that Jesus' blood would not be upon him. Mark and Matthew record that Jesus was returned his own clothes, prior to being led out for execution. According to the Gospel accounts he was forced, like other victims of crucifixion, to drag his own cross to Golgotha[4], the location of the execution. The three Synoptic Gospels refer to a man called Simon of Cyrene who is made to carry the cross (Mark 15:21, Matthew 27:32, Luke 23:26), while in the Gospel of John (19:17) Jesus is made to carry His own cross. The Gospel of Mark gives the names of Simon's children, Alexander and Rufus. However, the Gospel of Luke refers to Simon carrying the cross after Jesus, in that it states: "they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus".[5] Luke adds that Jesus' female followers were following him, and mourning his fate, but that he responded by quoting Hosea 10:8. The Synoptic Gospels state that on arrival at Golgotha, Jesus was offered wine laced with myrrh to lessen the pain, but he refused it. Jesus was then crucified, according to Mark, at the third hour (9 AM) the morning after the Passover meal, but according to John he was handed over to be crucified at the sixth hour (noon) the day before the Passover meal, though many resolve this by saying that the Synoptics use Jewish time, and that John uses Roman time. Pilate had a plaque fixed to Jesus' cross inscribed, (according to John) in Hebrew, Greek and the Latin - Iesu Nazarenus Rex Iudeorum,[6] Passion (Christianity) Crucifixion by Albrecht Altdorfer meaning Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews. Mark has the plaque say simply, King of the Jews. The Gospels then state that they divided Jesus' clothes between the soldiers except for one garment for which they cast lots. The Gospel of John claims that this fulfills a prophecy from Psalms 22:18. Some of the crowd who had been following taunted Jesus, saying "He trusts in God; let God deliver him now!", and suggested that Jesus might perform a miracle to release himself from the cross. According to the Gospels, two thieves were also crucified, one on each side of him. According to Matthew, both thieves reviled Jesus. According to Luke, one of the thieves reviled Jesus, while the other declared Jesus innocent and begged that he might be remembered when Jesus came to his kingdom (see Saint Dismas). John records that Mary his mother and two other women stood by the cross as did a disciple, described as the one whom Jesus loved. Jesus committed his mother to this disciple's care. According to the synoptics, the sky became dark at midday and the darkness lasted for three hours, until the ninth hour when Jesus cried out Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? (My God, why have you forsaken 3 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia me?)[7] The centurion standing guard, who had seen how Jesus died, declared Jesus innocent (Luke) or Son of God (Matthew, Mark). John also says that, as was the custom, the soldiers came and broke the legs of the thieves, so that they would die faster, but that on coming to Jesus they found he had already died. A soldier pierced his side with a spear. The various things that Jesus spoke during the Crucifixion are collected from the different accounts as the Last Words of Christ. Passion (Christianity) veil. The combination of these two words form the name "veronica" usually attributed to this holy relic. Another name for it is the "sudarium." The images associated with the Veil of Veronica are pre-Crucifixion and distinct from the Holy Face of Jesus images associated with the Shroud of Turin which are postCrucifixion. The pillar By tradition, Jesus was tethered to a pillar while flogged. The Pillar Archeological evidence indicates that the whip used for such punishment may have been studded with small metal pieces. Rufus and Alexander The sons of Simon of Cyrene are named as if they might have been early Christian figures known to Mark's intended audience (Brown et al. 628). Paul also lists a Rufus in Romans 16:13. The garments of Jesus Most garments of the region were made of woven strips of material that were about eight inches wide and included decorative braids from two to four inches (102 mm) wide. The garments could be disassembled and the strips of cloth were frequently recycled. A single garment might hold sections of many different dates. However, in Damascus and Bethlehem cloth was woven on wider looms, some Damascene being 40 inches (1,000 mm) wide. Traditional Bethlehem cloth is striped like pyjama material. [8] It would thus appear that Jesus' "seamless robe" was made of cloth from either Bethlehem or Damascus. Other Passion narratives, traditions and scholarship The Gospel of Peter The Veil of Veronica, painting by Domenico Fetti (c. 1620). Veil of Veronica A tradition linked to icons of Jesus holds that Veronica was a pious woman of Jerusalem who gave her kerchief to him to wipe his forehead. When he handed it back to her, the image of His face was miraculously impressed upon it. The "Veronica veil" is based on two Latin words. These are "vera" and "icona" which translate to "the true image." This refers to the true image of Christ imprinted on the Further claims concerning the Passion are made in some non-canonical early writings. Another passion narrative is found in the fragmentary Gospel of Peter, long known to scholars through references, and of which a fragment was discovered in Cairo in 1884. The narrative begins with Pilate washing his hands, as in Matthew, but the Jews and Herod refuse this. Joseph of Arimathea, before Jesus has been crucified, asks for his body, and Herod says he was going to take it down to comply with the Jewish custom of not leaving a dead body hung on a tree overnight. Herod then turns Jesus over the people, who drag him, give him the purple 4 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia robe, crown him with thorns, and beat and flog him. There are also two criminals on each side of him and, as in Luke, one begs Jesus for forgiveness. The writer says Jesus was silent as they crucified him, "...as if in no pain." [9] Jesus is labelled the King of Israel on his cross and his clothes are divided and gambled over. As in the canonical Gospels, darkness covers the land. Jesus is also given vinegar to drink. Peter has "My Power, My Power, why have you forsaken me?" as the last words of Jesus, rather than "My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?" as quoted in Mark. He is then "taken up", possibly a euphemism for death or maybe an allusion to heaven.[10] Peter then has a resurrection, also somewhat the same but somewhat different from the other books. Serapion of Antioch urged the exclusion of the Gospel of Peter from the Church because Docetists were using it to bolster their theological claims, which Serapion rejected. [11] Many modern scholars also reject this conclusion, as the statement about Jesus being silent "as if in no pain" seems to be based on Isaiah's description of the suffering servant, "as a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he opened not his mouth." (Isaiah 53:7).[10] Passion (Christianity) Jesus as the "Man of Sorrows" by Pietro Lorenzetti, c. 1330 (Lindenau Museum, Altenburg). iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that made us whole, and with his stripes we are healed" (53:2-5). The second prophecy of Christ's Passion is the ancient text which Jesus himself quoted, while he was dying on the cross. From the cross, Jesus cried with a loud voice, Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani? which means, "My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me?" These words of Jesus were a quotation of the ancient Psalm . King David, in Psalm 22, foretold the sufferings of the messiah. E.g., "I am a worm and no man, the reproach of men and the outcast of the people. All who see me, laugh me to scorn, they draw apart their lips, and wag their heads: 'He trusts in the Lord: let him free him, let him deliver him if he loves him.' Stand not far from me, for I am troubled; be thou near at hand: for I have no helper… Yea, dogs are round about me; a company of evildoers encircle me; they have pierced my hands and feet – I can count all my bones – they stare and gloat over me; they divide my garments among them, and for my raiment they cast lots" (Psalm Old Testament prophecy of the Passion Christians interpret at least three passages of the Old Testament as prophecies about Jesus' Passion. The first and most obvious is the one from Isaiah 52:13–53:12 (either 8th or 6th century B.C.). This prophetic oracle describes a sinless man who will atone for the sins of his people. By his voluntary suffering, he will save sinners from the just punishment of God. The death of Jesus is said to fulfil this prophecy. E.g., "He had no form or comeliness that we should look at him, and no beauty that we should desire him. He was despised and rejected by men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our 5 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 22:7-19). The words "they have pierced my hands and feet" are disputed, however. The third main prophecy of the Passion is from the Book of Wisdom. Protestant Christians place it in the Apocrypha, Roman Catholics and Eastern Orthodox among the deuterocanonical books. But it was written about 150 B.C., and many have understood these verses (12-20 of chapter 2) as a direct prophecy of Jesus' Passion. E.g., "Let us lie in wait for the just, because he is not for our turn… He boasteth that he hath the knowledge of God, and calleth himself the son of God…and glorieth that he hath God for his father. Let us see then if his words be true… For if he be the true son of God, he will defend him, and will deliver him from the hands of his enemies. Let us examine him by outrages and tortures… Let us condemn him to a most shameful death … These things they thought, and were deceived, for their own malice blinded them" (Wisdom 2:12-20). In addition to the above, it deserves to be mentioned that at least three other, less elaborate messianic prophecies were fulfilled in Jesus' crucifixion. Namely, the following Old Testament passages. "Many are the afflictions of the just man; but the Lord delivers him from all of them. He guards all his bones: not even one of them shall be broken" (Psalm 34:20). "And they gave me gall for my food, and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink" (Psalm 69:21). "And they shall look upon me whom they have pierced; and they shall mourn for him as one mourneth for an only son; and they shall grieve over him, as the manner is to grieve for the death of the firstborn" (Zechariah 12:10). Passion (Christianity) Fragment of the Pillar of the Flagellation on the south side of the iconostasis, Hagios Georgios Patriarchal Church, Istanbul. look on him whom they have pierced'" (John 19:32-37). In the Gospel of Mark, Jesus is described as prophesying his own Passion and his Resurrection three times: 1. On the way to Caesarea Philippi, predicting that the Son of Man will be killed and rise within three days 2. After the transfiguration of Jesus, again predicting that the Son of Man will be killed and rise within three days 3. On the way to Jerusalem, predicting that the Son of Man will be delivered to the leading Pharisees and Sadducees, be condemned to death, delivered to the Gentiles, mocked, scourged, killed, and rise within three days Christians argue that these are cases of genuine and fulfilled prophecy and many scholars see semitic features and old New Testament prophecy of the Passion The Gospel explains how these old prophecies were fulfilled in Jesus' crucifixion. "So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first, and of the other who had been crucified with Jesus; but when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and at once there came out blood and water… For these things took place that the scripture might be fulfilled, 'Not a bone of him shall be broken.' And again another scripture says, 'They shall 6 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia tradition in Mark 9:31.[12]. Skeptics argue they are cases of postdiction (prophecy after the events have already occurred). After the first prophecy, the Gospel of Mark states that Jesus was rebuked by Peter, eliciting the well known response by Jesus of "Get thee behind me, Satan". In particular Peter is criticised for having in mind the things of men not of God, and though many Christians interpret this as an assertion of Jesus' divinity, other scholars, and many early gnostics, argue that it is a rebuke of the Christian school of thought associated with Simon Peter, that which was to become the official Roman Catholic church. Sceptics argue that the events prophesied are inventions. After the third prophecy, the Gospel of Mark states that the brothers James and John ask Jesus to be his left and right hand men, but Jesus asks if they can drink from the cup he must drink from. They say that they can do this. Jesus confirms this, but say that the places at his right and left hand are reserved for others. Many Christian see this as being a reference to the two criminals at Jesus' crucifixion, thus relating to the Passion. The cup is sometimes interpreted as the symbol of his death, in the light of Jesus' prayer at Gethsemane "Let this cup be taken from me!" Passion (Christianity) Christ as Man of sorrows with four angels holding the Instruments of the Passion, engraving by Master E. S., c. 1460 (Kupferstichkabinett, Dresden). • The Titulus Crucis, attached to the Cross. It may be inscribed in Latin (INRI, Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum), Greek, Hebrew, or some other language. • The Nails, inflicting four wounds (hands and feet). • The Holy Sponge set on a reed, with which gall and vinegar were offered to Jesus. • The Holy Lance with which a Roman soldier inflicted the final of the Five Wounds in his side. • The Holy Grail, the chalice used by Jesus at The Last Supper, and which some traditions say Joseph of Arimathea used to catch his blood at the crucifixion. • The Seamless robe of Jesus, and the dice which the soldiers cast for it. • The Rooster which crowed after Peter's third denial of Jesus. • The vessel used to hold the gall and vinegar. • The ladder used for the Deposition (removing the body of Jesus from the cross for burial). • The hammer used to drive the nails into Jesus' hands and feet • The pincers used to remove the nails. Instruments of the Passion For narrative works of art on the Passion, see Life of Christ. In Christian symbolism and art the Instruments of the Passion or Arma Christi are the objects associated with Jesus' Passion. Each of the Instruments has become an object of veneration among many Christians and have been pictured in paintings and supposedly recovered as relics. Depictions of the Instruments of the Passion may include any combination of the following (though the cross of Jesus is almost always represented): • The Pillar or column where Jesus was whipped in the Flagellation of Christ. • The whip used for the 39 lashes. • The Crown of Thorns. • The reed which was placed in Jesus' hand as a sceptre in mockery. • The purple Robe of mockery. • The Cross on which he was crucified (see also the True Cross), either depicted alone or with the crosses of the two thieves. 7 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Passion (Christianity) The instruments of the Passion. Left to right: the cross of Dismas, ladder, sponge on reed, hammer, angels, Cross of Christ, cock, star, pincers, ladder, spear, cross of the wicked thief (église Saint-Pierre de Collonges-larouge). • The vessel of myrrh, used to anoint the body of Jesus, either by Joseph of Arimathea or by the Myrrhbearers • The shroud used to wrap the body of Jesus before burial • The sun and moon, representing the eclipse which occurred during the Passion. • Thirty pieces of silver (or a money bag), the price of Judas' betrayal. • The hand which slapped Jesus' face. • The chains which bound Jesus overnight in prison. • The lantern or torches used by the arresting soldiers at the time of the betrayal, as well as their swords and staves. • The sword used by Peter to cut off the ear of the High Priest's servant (sometimes a human ear is also represented). Sometimes, Veronica's Veil is also counted among the Instruments of the Passion. See also Shroud of Turin and Sudarium of Oviedo. The instruments of the Passion (cont). Left to right: chalice, torch, lantern, sword, flagellum, pillar of flagellation, Veronica's veil, 30 pieces of silver, [unknown], reed sceptre, hand which struck Christ, torch, pitcher of gall and vinegar. Liturgical use Holy Week Most Christian denominations will read one or more narratives of the Passion during Holy Week, especially on Good Friday. In the Roman Catholic church, a large cross depicting the crucified Christ is brought out into the church and each of the faithful come forward to venerate the cross. Rather than having the Gospel read solely by the priest, whole Roman Catholic congregations participate in the reading of the Passion Gospel during the Palm Sunday Mass and the Good Friday service. These readings have the Priest read the part of Christ, a narrator read the narrative, other reader(s) reading the other speaking parts, and either the choir or the congregation reading the parts of crowds (i.e.: when the crowd shouts "Crucify Him! Crucify Him!") [13] In the Eastern Orthodox and Greek-Catholic Churches, the Matins service for Good Friday is called Matins of the Twelve Passion 8 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gospels, and is remarkable for the interspersing of twelve readings from the Gospel Book detailing chronologically the events of the Passion—from the Last Supper to the burial in the tomb—during the course of the service. The first of these twelve readings is the longest Gospel reading of the entire liturgical year. In addition, every Wednesday and Friday throughout the year is dedicated in part to the commemoration of the Passion.[14] During Holy Week/Passion Week Congregations of the Moravian Church (Herrnhuter Bruedergemeine) read the entire story of Jesus' final week from a Harmony of the Gospels prepared for that purpose since 1777. Daily meetings are held, some times 2 or 3 times a day, to follow the events of the day. During the course of the reading, the Congregation sings hymn verses to respond to the events of the text. Most liturgical churches hold some form of commemoration of the Crucifixion on the afternoon of Good Friday. Sometimes, this will take the form of a vigil from noon to 3:00 pm, the approximate time that Jesus hung on the cross. Sometimes there will be a reënactment of the Descent from the Cross; for instance, at Vespers in the Byzantine (Eastern Orthodox and Greek-Catholic) tradition. Passion (Christianity) El Greco's Jesus Carrying the Cross, 1580. Stations of the Cross In the Roman Catholic Church (and some Anglo-Catholic and Western Rite Orthodox churches), the Passion story is depicted in the Stations of the Cross (via crucis, also translated more literally as "Way of the Cross"). These 14 stations depict the Passion from the sentencing by Pilate to the sealing of the tomb. The Way of the Cross is a devotion practiced by many people on Fridays throughout the year, most importantly on Good Friday. Reparation to Jesus The Roman Catholic tradition includes specific prayers and devotions as acts of reparation for the sufferings and insults that Jesus endured during His Passion. These Acts of Reparation to Jesus Christ do not involve a petition for a living or deceased beneficiary, but aim to repair the sins against Jesus. Some such prayers are provided in the Raccolta Catholic prayer book (approved by a Decree of 1854, and published by the Holy See in 1898) which also includes prayers as Acts of Reparation to the Virgin Mary.[15][16][17][18] In his encyclical Miserentissimus Redemptor on reparations, Pope Pius XI called Acts of Reparation to Jesus Christ a duty for Catholics and referred to them as "some sort of compensation to be rendered for the injury" with respect to the sufferings of Jesus.[19] Pope John Paul II referred to Acts of Reparation as the "unceasing effort to stand beside the endless crosses on which the Son of God continues to be crucified".[20] Musical settings of Gospel narratives The reading of the Passion during Holy Week dates back to the fourth century. It began to be intoned (rather than just spoken) in the Middle Ages, at least as early at the 8th century. 9th-century manuscripts have "litterae significativae" indicating interpretive chant, and later manuscript begin to specify exact notes to be sung. By the 1200s different singers were used for different characters in the narrative, a practice which became fairly universal by the 15th century, 9 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Passion (Christianity) • were entirely polyphonic (also called motet Passions). Jacob Obrecht wrote the earliest extant example of this type. • settings were a synopsis of all four Gospels, including the Seven Last Words (a text later set by Haydn and Théodore Dubois). These were discouraged for church use but circulated widely nonetheless. In the sixteenth century, settings like these, and further developments, were created for the Catholic Church by Victoria, William Byrd, Jacobus Gallus, Francisco Guerrero, Orlando di Lasso, and Cypriano de Rore. Reenacting the Stations of the Cross in Jerusalem on the Via Dolorosa from the Lions' Gate to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Russian Orthodox icon of the Passion with scenes of the martyrdom of the Twelve Apostles, symbolizing how all are called to enter into the Passion (Moscow Kremlin). Fresco depicting the trial and beating of Jesus (17th century, St. John the Baptist Church, Yaroslavl, Russia). when polyphonic settings of the turba passages began to appear also. (Turba, while literally meaning "crowd," is used in this case to mean any passage in which more than one speaker speaks simultaneously.) In the later fifteenth century a number of new styles began to emerge: • set all of Christ's words and the turba parts polyphonically Martin Luther wrote, "The Passion of Christ should not be acted out in words and pretense, but in real life." Despite this, sung Passion performances were common in Lutheran churches right from the start, in both Latin and German, beginning as early as Laetare Sunday (three weeks before Easter) and continuing through Holy Week. Luther's friend and collaborator Johann Walther wrote responsorial Passions which were used as models by Lutheran composers for centuries, and "summa Passionis" versions continued to 10 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia circulate, despite Luther's express disapproval. Later sixteenth-century passions included choral "exordium" (introduction) and "conclusio" sections with additional texts. In the seventeenth century came the development of "oratorio" passions which led to J.S. Bach's passions, accompanied by instruments, with interpolated texts (then called "madrigal" movements) such as sinfonias, other Scripture passages, Latin motets, chorale arias, and more. Such settings were created by Bartholomeus Gesius and Heinrich Schütz. Thomas Strutz wrote a passion (1664) with arias for Jesus himself, pointing to the standard oratorio tradition of Schütz, Carissimi, and others, although these composers seem to have thought that putting words in Jesus' mouth was beyond the pale. The practice of using recitative for the Evangelist (rather than plainsong) was a development of court composers in northern Germany and only crept into church compositions at the end of the 17th century. Probably the most famous musical setting of the Passion narrative is Part II of Messiah, an oratorio by George Frideric Handel. The best known Protestant musical settings of the Passion are by Johann Sebastian Bach, who wrote two Passions which have survived intact to the present day, one based on the Gospel of John (the St John Passion), the other on the Gospel of Matthew (the St Matthew Passion). The Passion continued to be very popular in Protestant Germany in the 18th century, with Bach's second son Carl Philipp Emanuel composing over twenty settings. In the nineteenth century, with the exception of John Stainer's "The Crucifixion" (1887), Passion settings were less popular, but in the twentieth century, they have again come into fashion. Two notable settings are the St. Luke Passion (1965) by Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki and the St. John Passion (1982) by Estonian composer Arvo Pärt. Recent examples include "The Passion According to St. Matthew" (1997), by Mark Alburger, and "The Passion According to the Four Evangelists," by Scott King. Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Jesus Christ Superstar" (book and lyrics by Tim Rice), and Stephen Schwartz's "Godspell" both contain elements of the traditional passion accounts. See also Passion cantata. A relative of the musical Passion is the custom of setting the text of Stabat Mater to music. Passion (Christianity) Passion plays Non-musical settings of the Passion story are generally called Passion plays. One famous cycle is performed at intervals at Oberammergau. The Passion figures among the scenes in the English mystery plays in more than one cycle of dramatic vignettes. There have also been a number of films telling the passion story, with a prominent recent example being Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ. Notes [1] OED [2] Luke 23:8-12 [3] Bar-abbas means son of Abbas, the Lord. Some manuscripts of Matthew say Jesus Barabbas, suggesting that an early version of the story contrasted the fate of two men both named Jesus. [4] The meaning of Golgotha is "place of a skull". [5] Bible gateway Luke 23:26 [1] [6] The original Greek of the Gospels reads Ἰησοῦς ὁ Ναζωραῖος ὁ Bασιλεὺς τῶν Ἰουδαίων, "Jesus the Nazarene, King of the Jews". [7] Mark reports Jesus said Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? in Aramaic; Matthew reports Eli, Eli.... [8] Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, exhibition notes [9] Miller 403. This is the passage that was condemned as possibly leading to Docetism. [10] ^ Miller 403 [11] Brown 11 [12] Brown 140 [13] Today's Missal: Holy Week - Pentecost, March 14 - May 17, 2008, Oregon Catholic Press [14] Sokolof, Archpriest D. (1962), A Manual of the Orthodox Church's Divine Services, 3rd printing (re-edited), Jordanville, N.Y.: Holy Trinity Monastery (published 2001), p. 35 [15] Catholic Encyclopedia http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/ 12775a.htm [16] Catholic Encyclopedia http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/ 12620a.htm 11 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [17] Joseph P. Christopher et al., 2003 The Raccolta St Athanasius Press ISBN 978-0970652669 [18] Ann Ball, 2003 Encyclopedia of Catholic Devotions and Practices ISBN 087973910X [19] Miserentissimus Redemptor Encyclical of Pope Pius XI [http://www.vatican.va/ holy_father/pius_xi/encyclicals/ documents/hf_pxi_enc_08051928_miserentissimusredemptor_en.html [20] Vatican archives http://www.vatican.va/ holy_father/john_paul_ii/letters/2000/ documents/hf_jpii_let_20001021_riparatrici_en.html Passion (Christianity) • Brown, Raymond E. et al. The New Jerome Biblical Commentary Prentice Hall 1990 ISBN 0-13-614934-0 • Kilgallen, John J. A Brief Commentary on the Gospel of Mark Paulist Press 1989 ISBN 0-8091-3059-9 • Miller, Robert J. Editor The Complete Gospels Polebridge Press 1994 ISBN 0-06-065587-9 See also • • • • Acts of Reparation to Jesus Christ Passion cantata Alexamenos graffito Sacri Monti References • Brown, Raymond E. An Introduction to the New Testament Doubleday 1997 ISBN 0-385-24767-2 External links • Gospel parallels citing verses for each Passion incident • MSN article - "Why is it called the Passion?" • "Passion" at Biblical Art on the WWW Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passion_(Christianity)" Categories: Christian art, Jesus, Eastern Christian liturgy, Catholic liturgy This page was last modified on 24 May 2009, at 09:27 (UTC). All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. (See Copyrights for details.) Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a U.S. registered 501(c)(3) taxdeductible nonprofit charity. Privacy policy About Wikipedia Disclaimers 12
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ABSTRACT: Purpose: Tumor metastasis is the leading cause of death in cancer patients. However, the mechanisms that underlie metastatic progression remain unclear. We examined TMEM16A (ANO1) expression as a key factor shifting tumors between growth and metastasis. Experimental Design: We evaluated 26 pairs of primary and metastatic lymph node tissue from patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN) for differential expression of TMEM16A. Additionally, we identified mechanisms by which TMEM16A expression influences tumor cell motility via proteomic screens of cell lines and in vivo mouse studies of metastasis. Results: Compared to primary tumors, TMEM16A expression decreases in metastatic lymph nodes of patients with SCCHN. Stable reduction of TMEM16A expression enhances cell motility and increases metastases while decreasing tumor proliferation in an orthotopic mouse model. Evaluation of human tumor tissues suggests an epigenetic mechanism for decreasing TMEM16A expression through promoter methylation that correlated with a transition between an epithelial and a mesenchymal phenotype. These effects of TMEM16A expression on tumor cell size and epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) required the amino acid residue, serine 970 (S970); however, mutation of S970 to alanine does not disrupt the proliferative advantages of TMEM16A overexpression. Further, S970 mediates the association of TMEM16A with Radixin, an actin-scaffolding protein implicated in EMT. Conclusions: Together, our results identify TMEM16A, an eight trans-membrane domain Ca2+-activated Cl- channel, as a primary driver of the "Grow" or "Go" model for cancer progression, in which TMEM16A expression acts to balance tumor proliferation and metastasis via its promoter methylation.Clinical Cancer Research 06/2014; 20(17). DOI:10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-14-0363 · 8.19 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Genomic findings underscore the heterogeneity of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC)1,2. Identification of mutations that predict therapeutic response would be a major advance. We determined the mutationally altered, targetable mitogenic pathways in a large HNSCC cohort. Analysis of whole-exome sequencing data from 151 tumors revealed the PI3K pathway to be the most frequently mutated oncogenic pathway (30.5%). PI3K pathway-mutated HNSCC tumors harbored a significantly higher rate of mutations in known cancer genes. In a subset of HPV-positive tumors, PIK3CA or PIK3R1 was the only mutated cancer gene. Strikingly, all tumors with concurrent mutation of multiple PI3K pathway genes were advanced (stage IV), implicating concerted PI3K pathway aberrations in HNSCC progression. Patient-derived tumorgrafts with canonical and non-canonical PIK3CA mutations were sensitive to an m-TOR/PI3K inhibitor (BEZ-235) in contrast to PIK3CA wildtype tumorgrafts. These results suggest that PI3K pathway mutations may serve as predictive biomarkers for treatment selection.Cancer Discovery 04/2013; DOI:10.1158/2159-8290.CD-13-0103 · 15.93 Impact Factor
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Olson: Longtime Spuds phy ed teacher led by example
He was 81.
Mr. Fortin taught physical education and coached sports at Moorhead South Junior High, where I attended school in the 1970s.
He was compact and no-nonsense. Like a bullet. And when he talked to you, you listened.
I can still hear him.
Like the time my shoe came untied while dribbling a basketball down the court.
Mr. Fortin told me (or yelled at me, I can't remember which): "Ole, double tie those laces. They won't come loose again."
Another time, I was playing soccer in gym class.
Earl Ramirez and I smashed our knees together while kicking the ball at the same time and we collapsed on the ground, writhing in pain.
Mr. Fortin walked up. He looked us over. Then he walked away, shaking his head.
I'm pretty sure I heard him mutter: "Pansies."
I was shocked. Aren't grown-ups supposed to help kids who get hurt?
Then I realized I could still walk. And after limping around for a few minutes, I was back in the game.
Mr. Fortin talked a lot about "intestinal fortitude." To this day, I'm not sure what that is.
But if Mr. Fortin said you had it, you felt great.
It was the same if he said you had a good motor – meaning you hustled – that made you feel good, too.
I'm not sure why praise from Mr. Fortin was so potent. Maybe it's because it always had to be earned, the hard way.
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As a kid, I would sometimes see Mr. Fortin doing his own running in various spots around Moorhead. He ran with short, quick, staccato strides that seemed to cover no ground.
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NBC Olympics has selected five Calrec Omega with Bluefin consoles to be used as part of its coverage of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
The 56-fader consoles will provide audio mixing for a number of events across several venues. Two consoles will provide audio coverage for both the opening and closing ceremonies and the athletics; two other consoles will be used for gymnastics and trampoline events; and the fifth will be used for beach volleyball.
"This is the first time the games will be produced totally in high definition with 5.1 discrete channels of audio," said Bob Dixon, NBC Olympics' director of sound design. "We are still in a period of transition in the United States, so most of our audience will still watch the games on standard-definition television receivers with two channels of audio. This means that everything we do in China must serve both communities."
The plan is to send six discrete channels of audio with HD pictures to the United States. Special care will be taken to downmix those channels for NBC's stereo-listening audience. Audio from each venue will be sent as a 5.1-channel program mix and simultaneously as a two-channel program downmix and a stereo downmix of the sound effects. The stereo sound effects mix will be used in promos and post-produced pieces, he added.
The new Calrecs will enable NBC Olympics to address all six channels at once or divide them up to provide independent control of each channel. The consoles will provide the quick flexibility needed by an operator to mix a live surround event.
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Stills was ranked #28 in Rolling Stone Magazine's 2003 list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and #47 in the 2011 list. Stills became the first person to be inducted twice on the same night into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for his work with CSN and Buffalo Springfield.
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