This is the song, aside from Gethsemane, that always gets me. I think it's meant to show how horrified Mary and Peter was as they were seeing that Jesus being the Messiah actually meant that He would be tortured and beaten, and at this point of the musical, they knew he'd end up being crucified.
Mary's part, where she says she had been living to see Him but not like that (being beaten) and Peter's "I think you've made your point now" shows how they and other disciples misunderstood what Jesus was doing. All they saw were the miracles and the growing crowd and they thought everything would be glorious, they thought everything was going to be all silk and lace. But Jesus had been telling them all along "Neither you or the 50,000 understand what power is, what glory is, understand at all."
This song shows that they are finally beginning to understand that for Jesus to fulfill His promise to them (Any one of you can inherit the Kingdom), Jesus needs to undergo unbelieveable suffering and give up His life (Body and blood, the blood of the NEW and EVERLASTING covenant), and this song shows that they love Him and couldn't bear to see Him suffering, even pleading with Him to stop what was happening. "Before it gets too frightening (Crucifixion), we ought to call a halt. Could we start again, please?" They can only do that if Jesus lived which Jesus could have chosen to do (remember Pilate wanted to save Jesus, not crucify him).
This is the song, aside from Gethsemane, that always gets me. I think it's meant to show how horrified Mary and Peter was as they were seeing that Jesus being the Messiah actually meant that He would be tortured and beaten, and at this point of the musical, they knew he'd end up being crucified.
Mary's part, where she says she had been living to see Him but not like that (being beaten) and Peter's "I think you've made your point now" shows how they and other disciples misunderstood what Jesus was doing. All they saw were the miracles and the growing crowd and they thought everything would be glorious, they thought everything was going to be all silk and lace. But Jesus had been telling them all along "Neither you or the 50,000 understand what power is, what glory is, understand at all."
This song shows that they are finally beginning to understand that for Jesus to fulfill His promise to them (Any one of you can inherit the Kingdom), Jesus needs to undergo unbelieveable suffering and give up His life (Body and blood, the blood of the NEW and EVERLASTING covenant), and this song shows that they love Him and couldn't bear to see Him suffering, even pleading with Him to stop what was happening. "Before it gets too frightening (Crucifixion), we ought to call a halt. Could we start again, please?" They can only do that if Jesus lived which Jesus could have chosen to do (remember Pilate wanted to save Jesus, not crucify him).