Jesus’ Last Week: Daily Highlights
Sunday: Jesus rides into Jerusalem as the people hail “Hosanna” (our God saves); Mark 11:1-11
Monday : Jesus cleanses the temple (turning the tables over & quoting scripture); Mark 11:12-19
Tuesday: Jesus curses a fig tree (it’s really not about the tree); Mark 11:20-25; 12:18-27
Wednesday: Judas goes to the priests to set-up the betrayal; Mark 14:1-11
Thursday: The Last Supper, Prayer in the garden(“not my will but Yours”); Judas’ kiss; Jesus’ arrest & night-time trial; Peter’s denial; Mark 14:12-72
Friday: Trial before Pilate, Jesus’ torture; Jesus crucified; Jesus dies; Jesus buried; Mark 15
Saturday: the Sabbath; Jesus’ body remained sealed in the tomb (no specific action recorded in Mark)
Sunday: He Lives! God raises Jesus from the dead in bodily form; the women are the first to the tomb just before sunrise; Jesus appears in bodily form to the disciples, multiple times (Matt 28, Mark 16, Luke 24, John 20-21)
Perhaps you’d like to journey with Jesus through these events. Read the scriptures.
For more resources: The Last Week, M. Borg; The Moral Vision of the New Testament, R. Hays