The Wisdom of the Crowds in the Passion of the Christ
A meditation on Luke passion narrative.
It is a truism in sermons on Christ’s Passion that the very crowds who welcome Jesus to Jerusalem with shouts of Hosanna are the sam who shout “crucify him.” In some traditions, the reading of the Passion narrative on Good Friday is interactive in just this way: the whole congregation lifts up their voice in condemnation, re-enacting (as it were) the mo…
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