2: Jesus is given his cross to carry
John 19:17
"Carrying his own cross, he went out to the place of the Skull
(which in Aramaic is called Golgotha)"
(which in Aramaic is called Golgotha)"
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Do You Not Know
Song by Slugs and Bugs ‧ 2016 Do you not know? Have you not heard The Lord is the everlasting God Do you not know? Have you not heard The Lord is the everlasting God The Creator of the ends of the earth He will not grow tired or weary His understanding no one can fathom He gives strength to the weary (ooh...) Do you not know? Have you not heard The Lord is the everlasting God Do you not know? Have you not heard The Lord is the everlasting God The Creator of the ends of the earth He will not grow tired or weary His understanding no one can fathom He gives strength to the weary Even youths grow tired and weary And young men stumble and fall But all those who hope in the Lord Will renew their strength They will soar on wings like eagles They will run and not grow weary They will soar on wings like eagles They will walk and not be faint Do you not know? Have you not heard? (ah...) The Lord is the everlasting God Do you not know? Have you not heard The Lord is the everlasting God The Creator of the ends of the earth He will not grow tired or weary His understanding no one can fathom He gives strength to the weary Even youths grow tired and weary And young men stumble and fall But all those who hope in the Lord Will renew their strength They will soar on wings like eagles They will run and not grow weary They will soar on wings like eagles They will walk and not be faint (ooh...) The Lord is the everlasting God The Lord is the everlasting God (ooh...) |
As the prisoners set out for the place of execution, Jesus was made to carry his cross (John 19:17). He must have been weak from the brutal flogging, and when it appeared he was about to collapse, a passer-by was forced to carry it for him. This man, Simon, was from northern Africa and had apparently come to Jerusalem for the Passover (Luke 23:26).
Among the crowd that followed Jesus were some women who wept and wailed at the dreadful sight. Jesus told them not to weep because of what they saw happening to him. One day they also would suffer. When the Romans later attacked Jerusalem, women now sad because they had no children would be better off than others, for they would not have to witness their children being slaughtered. If Rome crucified an innocent man such as Jesus, how brutal would they be in dealing with people guilty of open rebellion |