Scene 18: Veronica wipes the face of Jesus (Station 6)

Veronica wipes Jesus face

Facing the unruly actions of some of the crowd, the Romans are forced to distance the crowd from Jesus.
The centurion ordered his men, "Soldiers! Keep those people back!"

As the soldiers were otherwise occupied, Jesus drooped and Simon of Cyrene supported more of the Cross.
The woman Veronica, seeing Jesus with his face bathed in sweat and blood, quickly stepped up to Jesus and presented him with her veil with which to wipe his face.

The soldiers, having pushed back the crowd, saw Veronica and moved her back as well.

Look! He is a holy man!

Veronica looked sadly as Jesus once more took up his cross and continued on his way. She opened the veil, and saw the amazing bloody imprint of Jesus’ face. She held up the veil imprinted with Jesus' image and loudly informed the crowd of her discovery.

"Look!
He is a holy man!
Look at his face on my veil!"

(If you want to read more about the Veil of Veronica, which can still be seen today, you can read about it here and here.)

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