How many saw the Saviour die... although Christ was a King?
How many were just standing by... yet would not do a thing?
How many soldiers stood their ground... with swords and shields and spears?
How many heroes stayed around... when challenged by their fears?
How many women wept for Christ... or prayed upon their knees?
How many knew He sacrificed Himself to bring God's peace?
How many scoffed as Jesus bled... blaspheming one-by-one?
How many heard the words Christ said... and knew He was God's Son?
How many thought the world's gone mad... and slowly walked away?
How many mourned, condemned and sad... and yet still chose to stay?

I do not know what I would do... if somehow I stood there...
Among that crowd... or chosen few... to witness that affair...
Would I protest? Would I defend? Would I just stand instead?
Until the moment when my friend... Lord Jesus Christ was dead?
But this I know, Christ's friend stood close... with Mary at his side,
This man was John, as each saint knows... He saw Christ crucified...
Yet later on, with his own eyes... John saw the risen Lord!
His Gospel helps us realise what must not be ignored!
How many will the Saviour save? How many young and old?
What is the greatest gift God gave? The greatest story ever told!

Denis Martindale April 2018.