As this hymn is sung, contemplate the lessons we can learn from Jesus through His Passion. Consider how Jesus prayed fervently in the face of certain death that He would do God's will, and how He warned His disciples in the Garden of Gethsemane, “Pray that you may not enter into temptation” (Luke 22:40, ESV). In the scene of the mock trial in the second stanza, see how much pain Jesus accepted without a murmur. Jesus went even further in His selflessness in giving up His very life (st. 3). Meditate on how Christ calls each of us to take up our cross daily and follow Him (Luke 9:23).