The Day an Innocent Man Died

The Man’s mother pushed her way through the crowd to be near Him.  He passed before her, beatened, bloodied and battered beyond recognition.  He stumbled as He carried a cross on which He would be hung.  He could not comfort her.  She could not stop the madness.

The Day an Innocent Man Died

 It was night.  A detachment of troops, the captain of the Roman cohort, and the officers arrested the unarmed  Man and bound his hands behind His back back.  “You won’t get away this time,” one of the soldiers snarled, grabbing the Man’s shoulder, and spinning Him around before pushing Him forward.  They shoved the Man out from the serenity of the garden where He had been deep in anguish and in prayer.  Two of the Man’s friends followed, but were unable to help Him against the mob of angry soldiers. Instead of taking Him to jail, they brought Him to Read More