Mere days before, the crowds had thronged into the narrow streets of Jerusalem to catch a glimpse of Him and shout his praises. But almost overnight the joyful cries of "Blessed is the King" had turned into screams of "Crucify Him." Jesus spoke often to his disciples of his impending death...The burden of this foreknowledge weighed heavily upon Jesus as He entered the garden of Gethsemane with His disciples to pray late Thursday evening. He was arrested, abandoned by his disciples and friends, falsely accused and condemned, beaten, scourged, mocked and humiliated. The streets were lined with weeping women as He, in exhaustion from a sleepless night, weak with loss of blood, struggled to carry the very cross upon which He would be executed. "There were also two others, criminals, led with him to be put to death. And when they had come to the place called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the criminals, one on the right hand and the other on the left" (Luke 23:32-3
"It is finished"... and the sun sets...