Jesus- the prisoner

Jesus- the prisoner


Rolled down on the blessed face
Budded pearls of blood as sweat
Quivered the folded hands of Him
In agony in Gethsemane.

Innocent was He infact
Strayed Judas betrayed
No case with valid cause-but
Did chain Him the stewards.

Behind bar the whole night
Did mar Him being right
It’s nothing but follow-on
of the agony in Gethsemane.

The empire found Him of no fault
Asked he people what to do
Ere 'Hosanna' chanted crowd
Then chorused high 'crucify Him'

Spit, hit and jeered at Him
Whipped, striped Him the stewards
Crowned with pinning thorns
Carried the cross to calvary

One thief right, next on left
Amidst was He nailed
A chance for both thieves given
The right one did win heaven.

Occurred it millennium back?
Isn’t it today present?
Christ abandoned behind bar
Beckons each His grief to share.

Read we gospel now and then
Practice it we in practical when?
"Enter the Kingdom of GOd
I was in prison you visited Me"

by Bro. J. John Britto Xavier