R.C. Sproul
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and his head was bleeding where it had been scratched by a circle of sharp thorns.
Suddenly Jesus fell down.
He couldn't carry the beam any farther.
Davy wished with all his heart that he could carry the beam for Jesus.
He tugged at his rope, but the servant held him back.
The soldiers who were with Jesus grabbed the man from the crowd and made him carry the beam.
The crowd went on down the street, and the servant led Davy away.
He was confused and sorrowful.
They shouldn't have made Jesus carry that awful beam, he thought.
Why did he have to carry it?
Why were they so angry?
When he got home, Davy found old Barnabas.
I saw something terrible today, he said.
The king I carried was hurt, and the people made him carry a big wooden beam.
Barnabas looked at him kindly.
I remember when I carried Jesus and his mother home from Bethlehem, he said.
His mother and his father knew that he would die to save his people.
Someone had told them so.