19
Apr
2019
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Good Friday: There they crucified him

Three crosses on a hill, in watercolor
By Leo Boucher. Used with permission. All rights reserved.

There they crucified him.
 
A notice fastened to the cross:
Jesus of Nazareth;
King of the Jews.
 
But the teachers cried, No!
Why not, the man who claimed this?
 
Pilate in reply:
What I have written,
I have written.
 
Later,
when everything finished,
and Scripture fulfilled,
Jesus said:
I thirst.
 
Receiving the drink,
It is finished.
 
With that,
he bowed his head
and gave up his spirit.
 
After John 19:16-22, 28-30

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