This man once changed our water into wine.
Tell me what he has done that he must lose
his life upon a cross that bears the sign---
smug Pilate's written words---King of the Jews.
On either side of him, two shrieking thieves:
is this all that a man like him receives
for all his mighty miracles?--- that we
hear of in all the towns of Galilee,
where we work and live in humble abodes.
Even the travelers on Roman roads
become awe-struck when someone speaks his name.
For what sin does he suffer; for what shame?
And for whose stumble must he take the fall?---
nailed to old wood outside the city wall.
J-9thxciv
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