But Pilate would not alter it. "What I have written, I have written," he said.
So when Jesus died, this was His accusation—that He is King!
Then the rulers who were standing by mocked him, saying, "He saved others, Himself He cannot save! Let Him come down from the Cross!"
Perhaps some of you who read this may think that it was the cruel nails which held His dear hands fast, so that he could not come down?
But that was not the reason—oh no!
It was love that made the Son of God stay there; love to you, and to me. "He gave His life a ransom for us."
He stayed there that He might die for us; that His precious Blood should be shed to pay the price of our sins.
No one can tell the depth of woe and loneliness which Jesus suffered, while the load of our sins rested upon Him; but the more we understand it, the more we shall love Him, for His great love.
[XX. THE LAST SUPPER]
THE night before our Lord was crucified for us, He gathered His twelve disciples together, and sat down to eat the Passover Supper with them in the Upper Room.