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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