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THE KING OF THE JEWS..... and the sign was written in Aramaic, Latin and Greek.’ John 19:19-20
Only a rough hewn piece of wood
Inscribed with a message but not understood.
Only a name plaque, nailed to a tree
A notice, a sentence, for many to see.
Only a few words written in scorn
And placed o’er a body, hung dying and torn.
The message spoke clearly through hatred’s abuse:
‘Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews.’
Knowing the truth, and afraid of it too,
Knowing in conscience the right thing to do,
Knowing the innocence, goodness and grace
Of the prisoner with whom he now stood face to face.
Knowing his livelihood lay on the line
He ceded to pressure and reached for the sign;
With deliberate hand, in languages three,
Pilate wrote the inscription for all men to see.
Mary knew grief that tore her apart,
And bowed with sharp pain as a sword pierced her heart.
She stood with the women who so loved Him too
And weeping with sorrow, their agony grew.
Awaiting the parting for now they would lose
‘Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews.’
She read the words in her own Jewish tongue
As she gazed on her Saviour, her own precious Son.
A centurion brave, and a leader of men,
A Roman, familiar with suffering and pain.
But seeing the earthquake, the darkness severe,
He trembled with terror and knew God was here.
He stood by the cross, in that moment of time
As he watched Jesus die and read there the sign,
In his language of Latin the words told of one
Who he now knew for sure was God’s very own Son.
He could still feel the ache of the weight he had born
The cross of the one who was nailed now forlorn.
He heard the crowd shouting with mockery’s cries,
And he watched the man die with love in His eyes.
Simon, a Greek from Cyrene, had met
With Jesus, the One he would never forget.
And there o’er the thorns that encircled Christ’s head
Simon dwelt on the words of the sign he now read.
Only a rough hewn piece of wood
Inscribed with a message, not understood,
Only a name plaque, nailed to a tree
A notice, a sentence, for many to see.
But one day, in glory, all nations will come
From all tribes and languages, they’ll be gathered home.
And Heaven with glory and shout of praise rings
To Jesus, the Lord of all, King of all Kings.
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