The sonnet explores how Jesus overcame evil with good during His passion and crucifixion. It begins with His merciful response to Judas’ betrayal, calling him “friend” despite the treachery. It then depicts His forgiveness toward those who crowned Him with thorns and crucified Him, offering prayer instead of curses as His blood redeemed the world. The poem highlights His compassion toward the repentant thief on the cross, granting him paradise amid mockery. Finally, it celebrates His resurrection as the ultimate triumph of grace, dispelling evil’s darkness with divine light and erasing sin through boundless love. The sonnet portrays Christ’s responses as acts of goodness that conquer evil at every turn.

When Judas sold his Lord for silver’s gleam,
He met no wrath, but “Friend,” a gentle call,
A voice that pierced the dark with mercy’s beam,
And turned betrayal’s sting to love for all.
When thorns were pressed, and scornful hands struck sore,
He prayed, “Forgive,” from wood of sacrifice,
His blood a balm where hatred’s rivers pour,
A gift to mend the world at such a price.
Though thieves reviled beside His dying frame,
To one repentant soul He gave a crown,
A paradise from cross’s bitter shame,
Where good arose and evil’s might went down.
So evil’s night He conquered with His day,
By grace alone, He swept our sins away.