Passion Week

I spent the week of "Easter" studying the last days of Christ on earth, and have compiled the following chronology, which I would like to share as a foundation for my blogs over the next couple of weeks. If you find a different timeline in the Gospels, please feel free to share your thoughts with me.

THURSDAY, 8 Nisan, six days before the Passover

• Jesus arrives in Bethany, and many Jews come to see Him, and also to see Lazarus who was raised from the dead; the gospel of John places the supper at which Jesus was anointed by Mary at this point, but I don't think he was trying to be exactly chronological in its placement

FRIDAY, 9 Nisan, five days before Passover

• Jesus sends two disciples to get the colt of a donkey for him to ride
• Jesus rides into Jerusalem amid great fanfare, called "The Triumphal Entry."
• Jesus weeps over the city
• Jesus enters the temple and looks around

SATURDAY, The Sabbath, 10 Nisan, four days before Passover

• Jesus curses the fig tree on his way into town
• Jesus cleanses the temple of the money changers
• The Priests and Jewish leaders decide to kill Jesus

SUNDAY, 11 Nisan, three days before Passover

• The disciples witness the withered fig tree
• Jesus teaches in the temple
• The Parable of the Two Sons
• The Parable of the Wicked Vinedressers
• The Parable of the Wedding Feast
• discussion about taxes with the Pharisees
• Discussion about the resurrection with the Sadducees
• Discussion about the greatest commandment with a lawyer
• Discussion about the identity of the Messiah
• Jesus passes judgment on the Pharisees & Sadducees
• The Greek proselytes approach Philip about seeing Jesus
• Jesus predicts the destruction of the temple
• The Olivet Discourse

MONDAY, 12 Nisan, two days before Passover

• Jesus predicts his death
• The Chief Priests plot Jesus' death
• Supper at the house of Simon the Leper
• Mary anoints Jesus "for burial"
• Judas decides to betray Jesus

TUESDAY, 13 Nisan, the Day of Preparation, one day before Passover

• Jesus sends Peter & John into Jerusalem to find the room for their celebration

after sunset, so still on Tuesday, but actually 14 Nisan, the day of Passover, but still considered the Day of Preparation.

• The Last Supper
• Jesus washes their feet
• The Upper Room Discourse

WEDNESDAY, 14 Nisan, Passover

• Jesus prays in the Garden of Gethsemane
• Betrayal, Arrest, Various Trials and Beatings
• Peter denies Jesus 8 times
• Jesus condemned and crucified at 9 AM
• Darkness covers the land at 12 Noon
• Jesus dies at 3 PM (as the Passover lambs are being slaughtered)
• Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus bury Jesus
• Passover meals eaten in Jerusalem after sunset

THURSDAY, 15 Nisan, First Day of Unleavened Bread, a High Sabbath

• The High Priest places a guard at the tomb of Jesus

FRIDAY, 16 Nisan

• The women buy spices and prepare them for the body of Jesus

SATURDAY, The Sabbath, 17 Nisan

• Everybody rests

SUNDAY, 18 Nisan, the First Day of the Week, also the celebration of First Fruits

• Jesus raised from the dead
• Earthquake and an Angel rolls back the stone
• Angel appears to the women
• A young man speaks to the women at the tomb
• Two men in shining garments (resurrected OT saints) appear to the women
• Mary Magdalene runs to find Peter & John, the other women run to find someone else
• Peter and John come to the tomb and find it empty
• Jesus appears to Mary Magdalene in the garden
• Jesus appears to the other women
• The guards report the resurreciton of Jesus and are paid to lie
• Jesus appears to two disciples on the road to Emmaus
• Jesus appears to Peter
• Jesus appears to Ten Disciples

MONDAY, 26 Nisan, 8 days after the resurrection

• Jesus appears to the eleven and tells them to go to Galilee

Sometime later...

• Jesus appears to the seven on the shores of Galilee while they fish

THURSDAY, 27 Iyar, 40 days after the resurrection

• The Great Commission
• The Ascension

SUNDAY, 8 Sivan, 50 days after the resurrection

• Pentecost, and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit