People like a nice idea, comfortable things to hear. Surely we can’t really know Christ arose so long ago? Men and women were astounded, and their witness brave was founded
Would Barabbas be aware that Jesus’ death meant he was freed? The guilty free: so great a contrast, – by death, the Guiltless met a need. Freed from what? From Roman justice, –
An idle gamble, careless toss, while Christ was pierced upon the cross: these both were long ago foretold by God, by whom all is controlled. Though not yet ending, by his breath