Unknown to the many spectators that day, Jesus was carrying the sins of mankind, facing the punishment those sins deserved, which He was about to suffer on man’s behalf. Jesus exhorts us in Matthew 16:24, "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.” He also reveals that this is not an option: “…and anyone who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me (Matthew 10:38).
Lingid sa kaalaman ng maraming manonood ng araw na iyon, pinasan ni Hesus ang kasalanan ng buong sanlibutan at hinarap ang nararapat na kaparusahan na dapat sana ay tayo ang magdanas. Itinuro sa atin ni Hesus sa Mateo 16:24, Kung ang sinomang tao'y ibig sumunod sa akin ay tumanggi sa kaniyang sarili, at pasanin ang kaniyang krus, at sumunod sa akin.