Tears and Triumph

Easter Sunday is a day of joy and celebration, a day when we proclaim with gladness, “He is risen!” Yet, as we journey through the Gospel of Luke, we encounter a passage that is heavy with sorrow and warning. At last, the time has come for the Savior to die. The betrayer had given his fatal kiss. The priests had staged their midnight trial. The governor had rendered his unjust verdict. The soldiers had beaten their innocent prisoner. When they were finished with their bloody work, Jesus began to take His last, slow steps on the road to His crucifixion.