Coaxed By The Cross
My name is Joseph. I come from Arimathea, in the Judean highlands. I am a disciple of the Nazarene, Jesus, called Christ. Ironic that this is the first time I’ve said that out loud. Until now, I’ve followed him in secret, because…because (God forgive me), I was afraid of the authorities—both the Romans (which goes without saying) and my peers—the leaders of my own people. Yet I am one of them—a prominent member of the supreme Jewish Council in Jerusalem, the Great Sanhedrin. I am one of 71 elites,…