Jesus Haunded Ower
Durin aw this time the mob oan the street wir screechin oot, 'Crucify the
Nazarene! Crucify! Crucify him!'
Pilate came oot tae shush them up an try tae reason wi them.
'This man jesus,' he says tae them, 'he's innocent. He disny deserve tae
die. Spare him. Listen. It's yer Passower time an for that I'll set jist wan
prisoner free. I'll free jesus, what d'ye think?'
The punters bawled oot their bile, 'Naw! naw! no him! Gie us Barabbas!We
want Barabbas!'
This Barabbas wis a real hard nut - a terrorist in fact - an he wis inside
oan a murder rap.
Pilate wis gettin fair demented by this time. He wis wary o a rammy
brekin oot. He kent fine that Jesus wisny guilty o ony crime, but, still an
aw, he wis thinkin tae himsel, 'Release Jesus wi this mob hingin aroon? Nae chance!' So he let Barabbas aff the hook.
Mind you, he wanted tae show that he wis washin his hauns o the hale
business, so he sent for a basin o watter an scrubbed his hauns in front o
the mob. Then he sent Jesus aff wi the sodgers - tae be crucified.
Tae be continued ....



