Then all the disciples left him and fled.
Matthew 26:56
On the night when Jesus was betrayed, Judas kissed him (the fear of any man from his friend), the crowd seized him, the Sanhedrin struck him, Pilate whipped him, and the soldiers mocked him and nailed him to the tree.
What probably hurt far worse was that all his friends ran away. One of them pretended not to know him three times that night. Jesus was alone on earth when God the Father rejected him from heaven. He hung on the tree as a cursed thing.
But this dying Seed bears much fruit. Through him we have escaped. Through him we have been crucified to the world and the world to us. Through him we are dead to this present evil age. Through him we shall rise again and rule the galaxies. All through Christ alone.