Station III
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Catholic
Jesus Falls for the First Time.
19 Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged. 2 And the soldiers wove a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and they dressed him in a purple robe. 3 They kept coming up to him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and striking him on the face.
John 9:1-3
Methodist
Jesus is Condemned by the Sanhedrin.
66 When day came, the assembly of the elders of the people, both chief priests and scribes, gathered together, and they brought him to their council. 67 They said, “If you are the Messiah, tell us.” He replied, “If I tell you, you will not believe, 68 and if I question you, you will not answer. 69 But from now on the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God.” 70 All of them asked, “Are you, then, the Son of God?” He said to them, “You say that I am.” 71 Then they said, “What further testimony do we need? We have heard it ourselves from his own lips!”
Luke 22:66-71
“Desert Benediction, No. 4”
Artist: Hannah Cummings
Artist Statement
Desert Benediction, No. 4 - A cowboy on a bucking horse fights for control, wrestling something wild and untameable that threatens to throw him at any moment.
This is the spirit that condemned Jesus. The Sanhedrin were men of deep conviction who had spent their lives preparing for the Messiah. But when he arrived, he was too disruptive, too costly, too untameable to accept. And so they did what fearful power always does. They passed their verdict. To receive Christ was to release the reins entirely. They refused. And in their grasping for control, they set in motion the very act that would free the world from sin's grip forever.
The one who was condemned held the only authority that truly mattered, and he laid it down willingly--for them, and for us.