Show Don't Tell: John 19:17-27

Instead of saying "Jesus was crucified at Golgotha," watch the family form at the cross. Carrying his own cross, he goes out to the place of the Skull (which in Aramaic is called Golgotha). There they crucify him, and with him two others—one on each side and Jesus in the middle. Pilate has a notice prepared and fastened to the cross: JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS. Many of the Jews read this sign, for the place where Jesus is crucified is near the city, and the sign is written in Aramaic, Latin and Greek. The chief priests protest: "Do not write 'The King of the Jews,' but that this man claimed to be king of the Jews." Pilate answers: "What I have written, I have written." When the soldiers crucify Jesus, they take his clothes, dividing them into four shares. This leaves the undergarment seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom. "Let's not tear it. Let's decide by lot who will get it." This happens that Scripture may be fulfilled. Near the cross of Jesus stand his mother, his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus sees his mother there, and the disciple whom he loves standing nearby, he says to her: "Woman, here is your son," and to the disciple: "Here is your mother." From that time on, this disciple takes her into his home. Even on the cross, he provides for his family.