When Jesus Came to Golgotha
Geoffrey Anketel Studdert Kennedy • English
Primary Scripture: Matthew 27:27-45
Verse 1
When Jesus came to Golgotha they hanged him on a tree, they drove great nails through hands and feet, and made a Calvary; they crowned him with a crown of thorns, red were his wounds and deep, for those were crude and cruel days, and human flesh was cheap.
Verse 2
When Jesus came to live with us we simply passed him by, we never hurt a hair of him, we only let him die; for we had grown more tender, and we would not give him pain, we only just passed down the street and left him in the rain.
Verse 3
Still Jesus cries, "Forgive them for they know not what they do," and still it rains the winter rain that drenches through and through; the crowds go home and leave the streets without a soul to see, and Jesus crouches 'gainst a wall and cries for Calvary.
Scripture References
Reference 1
- matthew 27:27-45
Reference 2
- mark 15:16-39
Reference 3
- luke 23:26-49
Reference 4
- john 19:17-37
Reference 5
- acts 10:39
Reference 6
- galatians 3:13