Roots
The Jews answered him, "We have a law, and by that law he ought to die,
because he has maden himself the Son of God." John 19:7
Representation
Golgotha, in the upper left corner, seems very far and insignificant, swallowed
up almost by the
flying buttresses of still another tower of Babel beneath. In the lower left
corner, the lamb of God is being crushed by the weight of the universe. But who
is the black figure in the far right portion of the Second Station?
Identification
Black and in street clothes, the figure stands for each one of us, including
Jesus. Thanks to him the cross is now a crutch and staff, for Golgotha is a
long, long way ahead. But we are riding on the back of the lamb, symbol of
victory over death.
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