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Road to the Cross

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The Via Dolorosa (Way of Sorrows), is a narrow stone alley in Jerusalem. An early morning walk down this famous street, traditionally regarded as the route along which Jesus was led to the cross, became an intensely moving journey through time. The seeming closed rejection and hostility of as yet unopened roadside stalls and shops… Ancient stone walls from which it is easy to imagine echoes of a climactic past… People waving palm branches acclaiming Christ as their king… People who furiously demanded His death. Look closely at the green door and you will discover His hunched shadow, His heart cry etched in the sign above. Present reality is also expressed… in the sky His face appears. In the walls His hands reach out inviting us to be His friends and followers… Overhead, etched in a flying buttress, stands inescapably the promise that one day soon He will come again to reign as King.

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Secondary Keywords	christ cobblestone cross crucify donkey easter entry jerusalem Jesus king return road second coming street
Tertiary Keywords	coming forgive hands hosanna israel palm sunday
Scriptures	John 12:12-15 John 18:33 John 19:15-18 Luke 19:35-38 Luke 23:20 Luke 23:3 Luke 24:36 Mark 11:7-11 Mark 15:20 Mark 15:22 Matthew 21:9-11 Matthew 27:31
John 12 12 The next day the large crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem.13 So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, crying out, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel!”14 And Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, just as it is written,15 “Fear not, daughter of Zion; behold, your king is coming, sitting on a donkey's colt!” John 18 33 So Pilate entered his headquarters again and called Jesus and said to him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” John 19 15 They cried out, “Away with him, away with him, crucify him!” Pilate said to them, “Shall I crucify your King?” The chief priests answered, “We have no king but Caesar.”16 So he delivered him over to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus,17 and he went out, bearing his own cross, to the place called The Place of a Skull, which in Aramaic is called Golgotha.18 There they crucified him, and with him two others, one on either side, and Jesus between them. Luke 19 35 And they brought it to Jesus, and throwing their cloaks on the colt, they set Jesus on it.36 And as he rode along, they spread their cloaks on the road.37 As he was drawing near—already on the way down the Mount of Olives—the whole multitude of his disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen,38 saying, “Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!” Luke 23 20 Pilate addressed them once more, desiring to release Jesus, Luke 23 3 And Pilate asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” And he answered him, “You have said so.” Luke 24 36 As they were talking about these things, Jesus himself stood among them, and said to them, “Peace to you!” Mark 11 7 And they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks on it, and he sat on it.8 And many spread their cloaks on the road, and others spread leafy branches that they had cut from the fields.9 And those who went before and those who followed were shouting, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!10 Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David! Hosanna in the highest!”11 And he entered Jerusalem and went into the temple. And when he had looked around at everything, as it was already late, he went out to Bethany with the twelve. Mark 15 20 And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the purple cloak and put his own clothes on him. And they led him out to crucify him. Mark 15 22 And they brought him to the place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull). Matthew 21 9 And the crowds that went before him and that followed him were shouting, “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!”10 And when he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred up, saying, “Who is this?”11 And the crowds said, “This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.” Matthew 27 31 And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the robe and put his own clothes on him and led him away to crucify him.