On the Sunday before His death

Jesus began his trip to Jerusalem

Knowing that soon He would lay down his life for our sins

Nearing the village of Bethphage

He sent two of his disciples ahead

Telling them to look for a donkey and its unbroken colt

Jesus instructed the disciples to untie the animals and bring them to Him

Then Jesus sat on the young donkey and slowly, humbly...

Made His triumphal entry into Jerusalem

Fulfilling the ancient prophecy in
~ Zechariah 9:9

"Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout, Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you, righteous and having salvation, gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey"

The crowds welcomed Him by waving palm branches and shouting...

"Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!"

On Palm Sunday...



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On Palm Sunday...

Jesus and His disciples spent the night in Bethany

About two miles east of Jerusalem

Bethany is where Lazarus 

(whom Jesus had raised from the dead)

And his two sisters, Mary and Martha, lived

Lazarus, Mary, and Martha were close friends of Jesus

And probably hosted Him and His disciples during the days leading up to Jesus' death

Jesus' triumphal entry is recorded in...

~ Matthew 21:1-11
~ Mark 11:1-11
~ Luke 19:28-44
~ John 12:12-19


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The following morning...

Jesus returned with His disciples to Jerusalem

Along the way...

He cursed a fig tree because it had failed to bear fruit

Some scholars...

Believe this cursing of the fig tree represented God's judgment on the spiritually dead religious leaders of Israel

Others...

Think the symbolism extended to all believers

Demonstrating that genuine faith is more than outward religiosity

True living faith must bear spiritual fruit in a person's life

When Jesus arrived at the Temple...

He found the courts full of corrupt money changers

He overturned their tables

And cleared the Temple saying...

"The Scriptures declare, 'My Temple will be a house of prayer,' but you have turned it into a den of thieves"

~ Luke 19:46

On Monday evening...

Jesus stayed in Bethany again

Probably in the home of Lazarus, Mary, and Martha

Monday's events are recorded in

~ Matthew 21:12–22
~ Mark 11:15–19
~ Luke 19:45-48
~ John 2:13-17


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On Tuesday morning...

Jesus and his disciples returned to Jerusalem

On their way...

They passed the withered fig tree

And Jesus spoke to His companions about the importance of faith

Back at the Temple...

Religious leaders were upset at Jesus for establishing Himself as a spiritual authority

They organized an ambush with the intent to place Him under arrest

But Jesus evaded their traps and pronounced harsh judgment on them

Saying...

"Blind guides!...For you are like whitewashed tombs—beautiful on the outside but filled on the inside with dead people's bones and all sorts of impurity. Outwardly you look like righteous people, but inwardly your hearts are filled with hypocrisy and lawlessness...Snakes! Sons of vipers! How will you escape the judgment of hell?"

~ Matthew 23:24-33

Later that afternoon...

Jesus left the city and went with His disciples to the Mount of Olives

Which sits due east of the Temple and overlooks Jerusalem


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Here...

Jesus gave the Olivet Discourse

An elaborate prophecy about the destruction of Jerusalem and the end of the age

He speaks, as usual, in parables, using symbolic language about end times events

Including His Second Coming and the final judgment

Scripture indicates that...

This Tuesday...

Was also the day Judas Iscariot negotiated with the Sanhedrin

The rabbinical court of ancient Israel to betray Jesus

( ~ Matthew 26:14-16 )

After a tiring day of confrontation and warnings about the future...

Jesus and His disciples again returned to Bethany to stay the night

The tumultuous events of Tuesday...

And the Olivet Discourse are recorded in

~ Matthew 21:23–24:51
~ Mark 11:20–13:37
~ Luke 20:1–21:36
~John 12:20–38


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The Bible doesn't say what the Lord did on the Wednesday of Holy Week

Scholars speculate that after two exhausting days in Jerusalem...

Jesus and His disciples spent this day resting in Bethany in anticipation of Passover

Just a short time earlier...

Jesus revealed to His disciples and the world...

By raising Lazarus from the dead

That he had power over death

After seeing this incredible miracle...

Many people in Bethany believed that...

Jesus was the Son of God

And put their faith in Him

Also in Bethany...

Lazarus' sister Mary lovingly anointed Jesus' feet...

With expensive perfume



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Holy Week takes a somber turn on Thursday

From Bethany...

Jesus sent Peter and John ahead of Him to the Upper Room in Jerusalem to prepare for the Passover Feast

That evening after sunset...

Jesus washed His disciples' feet

As they prepared to share in the Passover

By performing this humble act of service...

Jesus demonstrated by example...

How His disciples should serve the church

Today...

Many churches practice foot-washing ceremonies...

As a part of their ​Maundy Thursday services

Then...

Jesus shared the feast of Passover with His disciples...

Saying...

"I have been very eager to eat this Passover meal with you before my suffering begins. For I tell you now that I won't eat this meal again until its meaning is fulfilled in the Kingdom of God."

~ Luke 22:15-16

As the Lamb of God...

Jesus was about to fulfill the meaning of Passover

By giving His body and his blood in sacrifice

Freeing us from sin and death



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During this Last Supper...

Jesus established the Lord's Supper

Or Communion...

Instructing His followers to continually remember His sacrifice by sharing in the bread and wine 

( ~ Luke 22:19-20 )

Later...

Jesus and His disciples left the Upper Room

And went to the Garden of Gethsemane

Where Jesus prayed in agony to God the Father

Luke's Gospel says...

"his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground"

~ Luke 22:44

Late that evening in Gethsemane...

Jesus was betrayed with a kiss by Judas Iscariot

And arrested by the Sanhedrin

He was taken to the home of Caiaphas, the High Priest

Where the whole council of the Sanhedrin had gathered to begin making their case against our Lord

In the early morning hours...

As Jesus' trial was getting underway...

Peter denied knowing his Master three times before the rooster crowed

Thursday's events are recorded in

~ Matthew 26:17–75
~ Mark 14:12-72
~ Luke 22:7-62
~ John 13:1-38


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Good Friday is the most difficult day of Passion Week

Christ's journey turned treacherous and acutely painful in these final hours leading to His death

According to Scripture...

Judas Iscariot...

The disciple who had betrayed Jesus

Was overcome with remorse

And hanged himself early Friday morning

Meanwhile...

Before the third hour (9 a.m.)

Jesus endured the shame of...

False accusations
Condemnation
Mockery
Beatings
And abandonment

After multiple unlawful trials...

He was sentenced to death by crucifixion

One of the most horrible and disgraceful methods of capital punishment known at the time

Before Christ was led away...

Soldiers spit on Him
Tormented
And mocked him

And pierced Him with a crown of thorns

Then Jesus carried his own cross to Calvary

And was again mocked and insulted

As Roman soldiers nailed Him to the wooden cross

Jesus spoke seven final statements from the cross

His first words were.......



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"Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing."

~ Luke 23:34

His last words were...

"Father, into your hands I commit my spirit"

~ Luke 23:46

Then, about the ninth hour
(3 p.m.)

Jesus breathed his last breath and died

By 6 p.m. Friday evening...

Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea

Took Jesus' body down from the cross and laid it in a tomb

Friday's events are recorded in

~ Matthew 27:1-62
~ Mark 15:1-47
~ Luke 22:63-23:56
~ John 18:28-19:37


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Jesus' body lay in its tomb...

Where it was guarded by Roman soldiers throughout the day on Saturday

Which was the Sabbath

When the Sabbath ended at 6 p.m.

Christ's body was ceremonially treated for burial with spices purchased by Nicodemus...

"He brought about seventy-five pounds of perfumed ointment made from myrrh and aloes. Following Jewish burial custom, they wrapped Jesus' body with the spices in long sheets of linen cloth."

~ John 19: 39-40

Nicodemus...

Like Joseph of Arimathea...

Was a member of the Sanhedrin

The court that had condemned Jesus Christ to death

For a time...

Both men had lived as secret followers of Jesus

Afraid to make a public profession of faith...

Because of their prominent positions in the Jewish community

Similarly...

Both were deeply affected by Christ's death

They boldly came out of hiding

Risking their reputations and their lives because they had come to realize...

That Jesus was indeed

The long-awaited Messiah



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Together they cared for Jesus' body and prepared it for burial

While His physical body lay in the tomb...

Jesus Christ paid the penalty for sin by offering the perfect spotless sacrifice

He conquered death

Both spiritually and physically

Securing our eternal salvation...

"For you know that God paid a ransom to save you from the empty life you inherited from your ancestors. And the ransom he paid was not mere gold or silver. He paid for you with the precious lifeblood of Christ, the sinless, spotless Lamb of God."

~ 1 Peter 1:18-19

Saturday's events are recorded in

~ Matthew 27:62-66
~ Mark 16:1
~ Luke 23:56
~ John 19:40



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On Resurrection Sunday...

Or Easter...

We reach the culmination of Holy Week

The resurrection of Jesus Christ is...

The most important event of the Christian faith

The very foundation of ALL  Christian doctrine hinges on the truth of this account

Early Sunday morning...

Several women...

Mary Magdalene
Joanna, Solomon
Mary the mother of James

Went to the tomb and discovered that the large stone covering the entrance had been rolled away

An angel announced...

"Don't be afraid! I know you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He isn't here! He is risen from the dead, just as he said would happen."

~ Matthew 28:5-6

On the day of his resurrection...

Jesus Christ made at least five appearances

Mark's Gospel says the first person to see him was Mary Magdalene

Jesus also appeared to Peter

To the two disciples on the road to Emmaus

And later that day...

To all of the disciples except Thomas

While they were gathered in a house for prayer



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The eyewitness accounts in the Gospels...

Provide what Christians believe to be undeniable evidence that the resurrection of Jesus Christ did indeed happen

Two millennia after his death...

Followers of Christ still flock to Jerusalem to see the empty tomb

Sunday's events are recorded in

~ Matthew 28:1-13
~ Mark 16:1-14
~ Luke 24:1-49
~ John 20:1-23

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