Posts with the tag “passion-week”

Thursday evening opened with Passover preparations. The disciples asked Jesus where they should make ready the Passover meal, and He directed them to a man carrying a water jar — an unusual sight, since water carrying was women's work — who would lead them to the upper room. The specificity of the instructions points to deliberate, pre-arranged coordination. Jesus was controlling every detail.The ...  Read More

Wednesday of Passion Week is traditionally called Spy Wednesday — the day Judas Iscariot went to the chief priests and formally negotiated the betrayal of Jesus. The price agreed upon was thirty pieces of silver, the amount specified in Mosaic law as the compensation paid to the owner of a slave who had been killed (Exodus 21:32). It was also the exact figure prophesied by Zechariah (Zechariah 11:...  Read More

Holy Tuesday was the most publicly confrontational day of Passion Week. The religious establishment came at Jesus from every angle. The chief priests and elders challenged His authority. The Pharisees and Herodians — sworn enemies who had temporarily united against a common threat — tried to trap Him on the question of paying taxes to Caesar. The Sadducees (who denied the resurrection) attempted t...  Read More

On His way back into Jerusalem Monday morning, Jesus stopped at a fig tree heavy with leaves — a tree that appeared fruitful from a distance but produced nothing on close inspection. He cursed it, and by the next morning it had withered from the roots. This was not a random act. It was a living parable aimed directly at Israel's religious leadership: visible, impressive, but spiritually barren.Whe...  Read More

The 10th of Nisan held enormous significance for every Jewish family in Jerusalem. According to the Law of Moses, this was the day each household was to select and inspect its Passover lamb (Exodus 12:3). On that very same day — with perfect prophetic precision — Jesus rode into Jerusalem. He was not simply arriving for a celebration. He was presenting Himself as the Lamb of God.The road from Beth...  Read More