Betrayed in the Garden

In the garden, he was betrayed

In the garden, he received the kiss which would condemn him

In the garden, he did not run away

In the garden, he did not put up a fight

In the garden, he told Peter to put away his sword

In the garden, he took the cup he was to drink

the cup only he could drink

In the garden, he was arrested

In the garden, he was bound

This was the end of the beginning, or did that begin, with his triumphal entry into Jerusalem

This was the end of the beginning, where the inevitable would happen

The trial, the whipping, the humiliation

all pointing to the inescapable truth

That the Son of Man, the Messiah, the Christ

had to die

This was the end of the beginning, where everything pointed to the cross