Stations of the Cross – Pilgrimage Church of St. Mary, Betenbrunn

Small Stations of the Cross at the parish and pilgrimage church of St. Maria in Betenbrunn.1st station: Jesus is sentenced to deathMatthew 27:22-26: Pilate said to them, What shall I then do with Jesus, who is called the Messiah? Then they all cried out: Crucify him! He replied: What crime has he committed? Then they cried even louder: Crucify him! [...] Then he released Barabbas and gave orders that Jesus should be scourged and crucified.

2nd station: Jesus takes the cross on his shouldersMatthew 27:27-31: Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus, led him into the praetorium, the governor's official building, and gathered the whole cohort around him. They stripped him and put a purple cloak on him. Then they braided a crown of thorns; they put it on his head and put a stick in his right hand. They fell on their knees before him and taunted him, crying: Hail, King of the Jews! And they spat on him and took the stick away from him and hit him on the head with it. Having thus mocked him, they took off his cloak and put his own clothes on him again.

3rd station: Jesus falls for the first time under the crossstation is not mentioned in the Bible.