It is Friday – early in the morning.  Jesus is brought from Caiaphas
       the High Priest to Pontius Pilate, the Governor, on trumped-up charges
       of treason and is condemned to death.

      A heavy cross is thrust into Jesus’ arms.  He is ordered to carry it
       to the site of His execution.  Jesus accepts the cross.  Carrying it
       by himself, he goes out to the Place of the Skull – Golgotha – to be
       crucified with two other men.