which passage of the bible references the stations of the cross?

Answer 1

As early as the 4th c., Christian pilgrims to the Holy Land would walk the route that Our Lord walked as He made His way to Golgotha for our salvation. When Muslims captured Jerusalem and it became too dangerous to make this pilgrimage, Christians replicated the sites back home in Europe, and there developed the "Stations of the Cross" devotion (also known as "Way of the Cross," "Via Dolorosa," or "Via Crucis").

The devotion consists of meditating on 14 events -- that number being fixed in 1731 by Pope Clement XII -- which took place during Christ's Passion, from His being condemned to His burial. Franciscans popularized the devotion, which was originally made outside, often along roads to shrines or churches. The Way of the Cross can still be made outside, of course -- a perfect idea for a Mary Garden -- but is usually made inside nowadays, especially during the Season of Lent and most especially on Good Friday.



The 14 stations are :

Jesus is Condemned to Die
Jesus is Made to Bear His Cross
Jesus Falls the First Time
Jesus Meets His Mother
Simon Helps Jesus Carry His Cross
Veronica Wipes Jesus' Face
Jesus Falls the Second Time
Jesus Meets the Women of Jerusalem
Jesus Falls the Third Time
Jesus is Stripped
Jesus is Nailed to the Cross
Jesus Dies on the Cross
Jesus is Taken Down from the Cross
Jesus is Laid in the Tomb

Answer 2

The whole passion.

The Stations of the Cross are rememberances of the Passion of Jesus the Nazarene.

Ask yourself this -- without man-made decisions, where would you have gotten your Bible? The Bible was compiled out of many many available choices, literally by vote, by an Conclave of Bishops.

The votes were not all unanimous -- so this cannot be divine influence (or they would have been unanimous, unless God inspired some to say no and some to say yes).

The very existence of the Bible is by Tradition, not Revelation.

Sola Sciptura is not Biblical.

Answer 3

Matthew 25:36-41
Mark 14:43-46
Luke 22: 66-71
Matthew 26: 69-75
Mark 15: 1-5, 15
John 19:1-3
John 19:6, 15-17
Mark 15:21
Luke 23:27-31
Luke 23:33-34
Luke 23:39-43
John 19:25-27
Luke 23:44-46
Matthew 27:57-60

Answer 4

The Stations themselves are usually a series of 14 pictures or sculptures depicting the following scenes:

Jesus is condemned to death
Jesus receives the cross
Jesus falls the first time~
Jesus meets His Mother
Simon of Cyrene carries the cross
Veronica wipes Jesus' face with her veil
Jesus falls the second time~
Jesus meets the women of Jerusalem
Jesus falls the Third time~
Jesus is stripped of His garments
Crucifixion: Jesus is nailed to the cross
Jesus dies on the cross
Jesus' body removed from the cross (Pieta)
Jesus is laid in the tomb
Another version of the Stations of the Cross is the following:

Jesus institutes the Eucharist
Jesus prays in Gethsemane
Jesus before the Sanhedrin
Jesus is scourged and crowned with thorns
Jesus carries the cross to Calvary
Jesus falls under the weight of the cross
Jesus is helped by Simon of Cyrene
Jesus meets the pious women of Jerusalem
Jesus is nailed on the cross
Jesus promises Heaven to the repentant thief
Jesus entrusts Mary and John to each other
Jesus dies on the cross (very sad)
Jesus is laid the tomb
Jesus rises from the dead

http://www.usccb.org/nab/stations.htm

Answer 5

All of the Stations are biblical, but one. "Veronica wipes the face of Jesus." This was to say, there is no one in the bible named Veronica, although not all the women who were His disciples were named. For instance, "the mother-in-law of Peter" is all we know this fair lady by.

Answer 6

There is no biblical reference to this event. The event was nurtured orally by those who followed the Jesus’ cause from an earlier stage of the foundation period of Christian faith which was regarded as a mere off-shoot sect from the Hebrew religion.

Gradually, this event became included in the Station of the Cross as its 6th stopping point on Jesus’ journey to Golgotha.

Re: tradition dispute & condemning of the church which may carry out this custom

Obviously this tradition was not tradition when it started when the Christian faith as a whole was also regarded as a kind of “weird” and “new” practice by its contemporary of that time. (However, Christian faith eventually became the traditional religious background of the Western World.)

The story of Veronica (which is an inventory name derived from a Latin word Vera and a Greek word Icon - in other words, “True Image”) is a harmless one (as much as Christmas tree which only became our Western world tradition due to the fact that Prince Albert the Prince Consort brought such a custom from his native Germany into the British royal circle after his marriage to Queen Victoria in the 19th century - in fact, unlike the story of Veronica, Christmas tree is argued re: its root in such a brutal practice of human sacrifice of the ancient Germanic tribes) and, though there is no biblical reference to it, it may be seen as a good example to follow for us when encountering someone else’s suffering and difficult time in the light of Jesus‘ moral argument.

In some “Roman” Catholic parishes and other Catholic Churches such as the Old Catholic Church of Utrecht and Churches that are in Communion with the Bishop of Utrecht (but not with the Bishop of Rome whose alternative job title is the pope), the Church of England & some Churches that are in Communion with the See of Canterbury, some Lutheran Churches that have revived such practices and any Church organisations that are not in communion with the See of Rome (including those small house churches) etc nowadays use both the conventional as well as slightly different forms of the Station of the Cross that do not include the event of wiping of Jesus’ face by this woman named Veronica nor three falls of Jesus on his way to his own execution as a political criminal who committed a treason against the Roman Empire. Pope John Paul II, too, on Good Friday 1991 took part in the Station of the Cross which did not include the event of Veronica. In this version, the 6th station in which Veronica wipes Jesus’ face is replaced by the event of Jesus Scourged and Crowned with Thorns.

Then Pilate took Jesus and had him scourged. And the soldiers wove a crown out of thorns and placed it on his head, and clothed him in a purple cloak, and they came to him and said, "Hail, King of the Jews!" And they struck him repeatedly.
John 19: 1-3

It is also noteworthy to point out that there is no biblical reference to the actual date of the birth of Jesus and it was in fact illegal under the Commonwealth by Oliver Cromwell (a Puritan) to celebrate Christmas in England & Wales and those who attended churches on 25 December were arrested by the Parliamentary force. Still today, the Jehovah’s Witnesses do not celebrate Christmas as they regard this event as a non-biblical pagan tradition.

In my opinion, the story of Veronica is a very positive message of Jesus’ ideology which may be interpreted as a reflection of actions extracted from the example of a Good Samaritan and also from the story of a sinful woman washing Jesus’ feet with her tears etc and it can be said that a good deed is a good deed no matter whether it is biblical or non-biblical. It may be more condemning to condemn a good deed for it is not biblically orientated.

Answer 7

None specifically. It is a teaching tool (based on the crucifixion story) to address the key points of Jesus' sacrifice.

Answer 8

Check out the gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.

Answer 9

It is each of the four Gospels in that it is taken as exerpts from our Lords passions

Answer 10

Absolutely NONE! Once again Tradition has Replace the WORD OF GOD in the Church that teaches THAT!

REMEMBER, what Jesus said to the Religious of His DAY!

(Matthew 15:1-2-3) Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,

(Mat 15:2) Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.

(Mat 15:3) But he [JESUS] answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God = = by your tradition?

Thanks, RR