Passion Week
About AD 31
From His coming to Bethany to the empty tomb, day by day as the Gospels tell it. The days are those of the first month: “In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD’S passover” (Leviticus 23:5). He was crucified on Wednesday, the fourteenth, “the preparation of the passover” (John 19:14), and buried before the high day began; He rose at the end of the weekly sabbath, “three days and three nights” later (Matthew 12:40). A day began at evening, “from even unto even” (Leviticus 23:32), so the Last Supper, on Tuesday evening, was already the fourteenth.
Difficult Passages: How was Christ three days and three nights in the heart of the earth?
Friday, the 9th
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Jesus Comes to Bethany
“six days before the passover” John 12:1John
Saturday, the 10th · The Sabbath
Sunday, the 11th
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The Triumphal Entry
“On the next day” John 12:12Matthew, Mark, Luke, John
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He Casts Out Them That Sold in the Temple
Matthew, Luke
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Certain Greeks Would See Jesus
John
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EveningHe Goes Out unto Bethany“now the eventide was come” Mark 11:11Matthew, Mark
Monday, the 12th
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The Fig Tree Cursed
“on the morrow” Mark 11:12Matthew, Mark
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He Cleanses the Temple Again
Mark
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EveningHe Goes Out of the City“when even was come” Mark 11:19Mark
Tuesday, the 13th
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MorningThe Fig Tree Dried Up from the Roots“in the morning” Mark 11:20Matthew, Mark
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Questioned in the Temple
“they come again to Jerusalem” Mark 11:27Matthew, Mark, Luke
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On the Mount of Olives: The Signs of His Coming
Matthew, Mark, Luke
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The Council Consults to Kill Him
“after two days is the feast of the passover” Matthew 26:2Matthew, Mark, Luke
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Anointed in the House of Simon the Leper
Matthew, Mark
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Judas Covenants to Betray Him
Matthew, Mark, Luke
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EveningThe Passover Made Ready“the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the passover” Mark 14:12Matthew, Mark, Luke
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EveningThe Last Supper“in the evening he cometh with the twelve” Mark 14:17Matthew, Mark, Luke, John
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NightGethsemane; He Is Betrayed and TakenMatthew, Mark, Luke, John
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NightBefore Annas and Caiaphas; Peter Denies HimMatthew, Mark, Luke, John
Wednesday, the 14th · The Preparation
“it was the preparation of the passover” John 19:14
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MorningBefore the Council; Delivered to Pilate“as soon as it was day” Luke 22:66Matthew, Mark, Luke
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Judas Hangs Himself
Matthew
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MorningBefore Pilate and Herod“about the sixth hour” John 19:14Matthew, Mark, Luke, John
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The third hourThe Crucifixion“it was the third hour, and they crucified him” Mark 15:25Matthew, Mark, Luke, John
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The sixth hourDarkness over All the Land“there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour” Luke 23:44Matthew, Mark, Luke
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The ninth hourHe Gives Up the Ghost“at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice” Mark 15:34Matthew, Mark, Luke, John
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EveningHe Is Buried“when the even was come, because it was the preparation” Mark 15:42Matthew, Mark, Luke, John
Thursday, the 15th · The High Day
“that sabbath day was an high day” John 19:31
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The Sepulchre Sealed
“the next day, that followed the day of the preparation” Matthew 27:62Matthew
Friday, the 16th
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The Women Buy Sweet Spices
“when the sabbath was past” Mark 16:1Mark, Luke
Saturday, the 17th · The Sabbath
“rested the sabbath day according to the commandment” Luke 23:56
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At its endHe Rises from the Dead“three days and three nights in the heart of the earth” Matthew 12:40Matthew, Mark, Luke
Sunday, the 18th · The First Day of the Week
“The first day of the week” John 20:1
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Very earlyThe Women Find the Sepulchre Empty“as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week” Matthew 28:1Matthew, Mark, Luke, John
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EarlyHe Appears to Mary Magdalene“he appeared first to Mary Magdalene” Mark 16:9Mark, John
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The Watch Is Paid to Lie
Matthew
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Toward eveningOn the Road to Emmaus“two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus” Luke 24:13Mark, Luke
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EveningHe Stands in the Midst of the Disciples“the same day at evening, being the first day of the week” John 20:19Mark, Luke, John