Passion Week Outline

 

Saturday - Day of Demonstration

Matthew 21:1-11; 26:14-16  Mark 11:1-11  Luke 19:19-44  John 12:12-19

 

Events:

Judas’ Betrayal of Jesus for 30 pieces of silver

Obtaining of colt

Triumphal entry into Jerusalem

Weeping for Jerusalem

Prophecies of Jerusalem’s Destruction

Entering and Observing the Temple

 

Sunday - Day of Authority

Matthew 21:12-19  Mark 11:12-19  Luke 19:45-48  (John does not record this day)

 

Events: 

Cursing of the Fig Tree

Second Cleansing of the Temple

 

Monday - Day of Conflict

Matthew 21:20-25:46  Mark 11:20-14:11  Luke 20:1-22:6  John 12:20-50

 

Events:

Fig Tree Withered

Three “Catch” Questions

Prophetic teachings in the Olivet Discourse

 

Parables of the:  Two Sons, Wicked Husbandmen, and  Marriage Feast of the King’s Son.

 

Tuesday - Day of Teaching               

Matthew 26:17-35  Mark 14:12-31  Luke 22:7-38  John 13:18-17:26

 

Events:

Foot Washing

The Lord’s Supper

Jesus’ farewell teachings

Intercessory prayer

 

Wednesday - Day of Suffering

Matthew 26:30-27:60  Mark 14:26-15:46  Luke 22:39-23:54  John 18:1-19:42

 

Events by hours:

 

Midnight to 2 A.M.

                Gethsemane Prayer

                Betrayal

                Arrest

 

3 A.M. to 5 A.M.

                Trial before Annas

                Trial before Caiaphas

                Peter’s Denial

                Trial before Sanhedrin

                Judas Iscariot’s Suicide

 

6 A.M. to 9 A.M.

                First Trial before Pilate

                Trial before Herod

                Second Trial before Pilate

                Mocked by soldiers

 

9 A.M. to 3 P.M.

                Scourging

                Simon helps carry cross

                Crucifixion

                Two Thieves talk to Jesus

                Soldiers cast lots for Jesus’ garment

                Sign placed on Cross         

                Darkness from 12 P.M. to 3 P.M.   

                Death

                Vail in the temple is rent

                Some saints resurrected

               

3 P.M. to 6 P.M. (Before Sunset)

                Jesus’ side pierced            

                Joseph of Arimethea asks for the Body

                Burial of Jesus

 

Thursday through Friday - Days of the Passover Sabbaths

Luke 23:54-56  Matthew 27:62-66

 

Watch of Roman soldiers placed at tomb

 

Saturday - Day of Resurrection

 

Jesus is resurrected sometime around sundown

 

 

Sunday - Day of Discovery

Matthew 28:1-15  Mark 16:1-13  Luke 24:1-48  John 20:1-25

               

Earthquake          

Angels appear at tomb and guards faint

Women discover empty tomb

Peter and John discover empty tomb

Jesus appears to Mary Magdalene in the garden

Jesus appears to Peter

Jesus appears to two disciples on the road to Emmaus

Jesus appears to all disciples except Thomas

Roman soldiers report to chief priests