The Passion Of Jesus Christ Our Lord And God (Free Verse Sonnets Poem by Gert Strydom

I. The Lord's Supper

There was suddenly silence in the upper room
when He, the Master, did bow forward and wash their feet
with His hand lifted he did draw their attention,
did surprise them with a traitor among them.
Judas was suddenly startled, dumbfounded and pale
while the others with unbelief repeated His words,
did try and hide his guilty behind a cough
while they were busy with the offering of wine and bread
while He did thank God for all of them and did entrust Himself to Him,
knowing that they would leave Him before the cock's crowing cry
everyone but John, and He did ask forgiveness for their sins,
did in love look at the man that was going to betray Him
the bread was fragile while they were eating and He did pour the wine
and the wine was just like His blood so very red.

II. Golgotha

Unlawfully condemned before Annas and Caiaphas,
the Jews dragged Him to the governor Pilate,
the marks of a cruel cat-of-nails was notched into His back
while during the day he was convicted to death
and in the silence and later uprising the Satan did laugh
while priests full of sin did rave in their righteousness,
a thorny crown was pushed down upon His head in the Roman iron-grip
and others did mock Him the true Son of God and did despise Him.
With hatred he was hanged against a tree as a cross and cursed,
His clothes was divided between the soldiers and He was splayed out naked
and still they did mock Him over and over and did spit at Him
as if man does want no more mercy from God,
where His blood did cover the sin and shame of everyone in the world
while He asked His father to forgive them while they did scoff at Him.

III. The resurrection

On the Sabbath He did rest dead in the grave
and then on the Sunday at first light did rise
by His power, the power the Father and Holy Spirit He was again aware of everything
and forever the snake, the dragon, Lucifer, the darkness was defeated,
when the Roman soldiers did scatter from fear,
were scared that God would devour them at that grave
but only tranquillity and great mercy was on His face
when that great round stone was crushed to sand and gravel
and immaculate and pure is the slaughtered and murdered Lamb
where Mary Magdalene found that grave empty and did start crying,
the garden did hide Him the true Son of God,
the Godly Son that descends from David and other sinners
where Jesus talked with her and she wanted to come in love to Him
but first had to go to the Father to report to Him.

© Gert Strydom