Friday August 11, 2017
“To take up your cross” is not an expression that is found in Jewish literature, and many therefore suppose that this phrase was put in Jesus’s mouth by the Gospel: writer, who had hindsight on the crucifixion of Jesus. But other scholars believe it was quite possible for Jesus to have used this stunning expression, since crucifixions were a common sight in his day. Someone very usefully pointed out that he did not say, “Take up my cross...” but “Take up your cross....”
