FROM PALM SUNDAY TO EASTER (Part 4)

FROM PALM SUNDAY TO EASTER (Part 4)

THURSDAY —Passover and Last Supper 

Matt. 26:17–30; Mark 14:12–26; Luke 22:7–23; John 13:1–30

In an upper room, Jesus prepared both himself and his disciples for his death. He gave the Passover meal a new meaning. The loaf of bread and cup of wine represented his body soon to be sacrificed and his blood soon to be shed. And so he instituted the “Lord’s Supper.” After singing a hymn they went to the Garden of Gethsemane, where Jesus prayed in agony, knowing what lay ahead of him.

FRIDAY —Crucifixion 

Matt. 27:1–66; Mark 15:1–47; Luke 22:66–23:56; John 18:28–19:37

Following betrayal, arrest, desertion, false trials, denial, condemnation, beatings, and mockery, Jesus was required to carry his cross to “The Place of the Skull,” where he was crucified with two other prisoners.

FRIDAY afternoon, SATURDAY, SUNDAY morning —In the Tomb 

Jesus’ body was placed in the tomb before 6:00 p.m. Friday night, when the Sabbath began and all work stopped, and it lay in the tomb throughout the Sabbath.