a poem by Adam Niven.

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I - JESUS IS TEMPTED

"My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me.” - Matthew 26:38

II - JESUS IS BETRAYED

“Friend… do what you came here to do.” - Matthew 26:50

III - JESUS IS CONDEMNED

“But this is your hour… when darkness reigns.” - Luke 22:53

IV - JESUS IS MOCKED

“But if I spoke the truth, why did you strike me?” - John 18:23

V - JESUS IS GIVEN HIS CROSS

"Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.” - John 3: 14-15

VI - JESUS FALLS

“Unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.”  - John 12:24

VII - SIMON CARRIES JESUS' CROSS

“If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.” - Matthew 16:24

VIII - JESUS IS STRIPPED

“For if men do these things when the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?” - Luke 23:31

IX - JESUS IS NAILED TO THE CROSS

“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” - Matthew 27:46

X - JESUS DIES

“Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends."  - John 15:13

XI - JESUS IS BURIED

"When she poured this perfume on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.” - Matthew 26:12