Via Dolorosa

“...we being still without strength, in the due time Christ has died for the ungodly. For scarcely for the just man will one die, for perhaps for the good man some one might also dare to die; but God commends His love to us, in that, we being still sinners, Christ has died for us.” (Romans 5:6-8)

Down the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem that day

The soldiers tried to clear the narrow street
But the crowd pressed in to see
This Man condemned to die on Calvary

He was bleeding from a beating, there were stripes upon His back
And He wore a crown of thorns upon His head
And He bore with every step
The scorn of those who cried out for His death

Down the Via Dolorosa called the way of suffering
Like a lamb came the Messiah, Christ the King,
But He chose to walk that road out of
His love for you and me.
Down the Via Dolorosa, all the way to Calvary.

Por la Vía Dolorosa, triste día en Jerusalén
Los soldados le abrían paso a Jesús
Mas la gente si acercaba
Para ver que llevaba aquella cruz

Por la Vía Dolorosa, que es la vía del dolor
Como oveja vino Cristo, Rey, Señor
Y fue Él quien quiso ir por amor por ti y por mí
Por la Vía Dolorosa al Calvario y a morir

The blood that would cleanse the souls of all men
Made its way through the heart of Jerusalem.

Down the Via Dolorosa called the way of suffering
Like a lamb came the Messiah, Christ the King
But He chose to walk that road out of

His love for you and me
Down the Via Dolorosa, all the way to Calvary.

By Billy Sprague and Niles Borop
1983 Meadowgreen Music and Word Music/ASCAP