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Easter Sunday!

Our resurrection service will be full of singing and Scripture as we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ. But did you know that the week prior to the resurrection is called passion week? This week in the life of Jesus was filled with triumphal highs and demonic lows. It is named this because how passionately Jesus went to the cross to pay for our sins. As you prepare for celebration Sunday, spend some time familiarizing yourself with all Jesus did for us! The reading guide below will harmonize the various accounts of Jesus' work and walk you through what Jesus accomplished to provide our salvation!

Timeline of Passion Events Since the Triumphal Entry

Event	Matthew	Mark	Luke	John	Other
Passion Week Day 1
Triumphal Entry	21:1-11	11:1-11	19:29-44	12:12-19
Passion Week Day 2
Second Cleansing of Temple	21:12-17	11:15-19	19:45-48
Cursing of the Fig Tree	21:18-19	11:12-14
Fig Tree Withers	21:20-22	11:20-26
Passion Week Day 3
Christ’s Authority Challenged	21:23-27	11:27-33	20:1-8
Parable: Two Sons	21:28-32
Parable: Wicked Tenants	21:33-46	12:1-12	20:9-19
Parable: Wedding Guests	22:1-14
Q: Taxes to Caesar?	22:15-22	12:13-17	20:20-26
Q: Resurrection?	22:23-33	12:18-27	20:27-38
Q: Great Commandment	22:34-40	12:28-34	20:39-40
Q: Jesus’ Ancestry	22:41-46	12:35-37	20:41-44
Woes	23:1-39	12:38-40	20:45-47
Widow’s Mite		12:41-44	21:1-4
Signs of the Time	24:1-51	13:1-37	21:5-38
Parable: Ten Virgins	25:1-13
Parable: Talents	25:14-30
King’s Reckoning	25:31-46
Passion Week Day 4
Plot to Kill Christ	26:1-5	14:1-2	22:1-2
Jesus is Anointed	26:6-13	14:3-9
Judas Plots Betrayal	26:14-16	14:10-11	22:3-6
Gentiles Seek Christ				12:20-36
Jews Reject Christ				12:37-50
Passion Week Day 5
Preparation for Passover	26:17-19	14:12-16	22:7-13
Betrayer Identified	26:20-25	14:14-21		13:21-35
Lord’s Supper	26:26-29	22:14-23			1 Cor 11:23-26
Who is greatest?		22:24-30
Jesus Washes Feet				13:1-20
Peter’s Denial Foretold	26:31-35	14:27-31	22:31-38	13:36-38
Farewell: Way to Heaven				14:1-15
Farewell: Promise of Spirit				14:16-31
Farewell: Vine & Branches				15:1-17
Farewell: Persecution Warning				15:18-16:4
Farewell: Comfort				16:5-33
Jesus Prayer for His Own				17:1-26
Prayer at Gethsemane	26:30-46	14:26-42	12:39-46	18:1
Jesus’ Betrayal and Arrest	26:47-56	14:43-53		18:2-11
Trial: Annas				18:12-23
Trial: Caiaphas and Beating	26:57-68	14:53-65	22:54-65	18:24
Peter Denies the Lord	26:58-75	14:54-72	22:55-62	18:15-27
Passion Week Day 6
Religious Condemnation; Sent to Pilate	27:1-2	15:1	22:66-71
Judas’ Suicide	27:3-10				Acts 1:18-19
Trial: Pilate (A)	27:11-14	15:2-5	23:1-5	18:28-38
Trial: Herod Antipas			23:6-12
Trial: Pilate (B) - Barabbas	27:15-26	15:6-15	23:13-25	18:36-40
Mocking & Condemnation	27:27-31	15:16-19		19:1-16
Jesus Sent to Golgotha	27:32-34	15:20-23	23:26-32	19:17
First 3 Hours on Cross	27:35-44	15:24-32	23:33-43	19:18-27
Second 3 Hours on Cross	27:45-50	15:33-37	23:44-49	19:28-37
Phenomena	27:51-56	15:38-49
Burial	27:57-61	15:42-47	23:50-56	19:38-42
Sealing of Stone	27:62-66
Days Pass Until First Day of the Week – Events Proceed For 40 Days (Acts 1:3)
Women Visit Tomb	28:1	16:1-3	24:1
Stone Rolled Away	28:2-4
Message of Angels	28:5-8	16:4-8	24:2-8	20:1
Report; 2 Apostles Return			24:9-12	20:2-10
Christ Appears to Mary		16:9-11		20:11-18
Appears to Other Women	28:9-10
Guard Reports to Jews	28:11-15
Emmaus Road Talk		16:12-13	24:13-32
Emmaus Disciples Return			24:33-35
Appears to Disciples		16:14	24:36-43	20:19-25	1 Cor 15:5
Appears to Thomas				20:26-29
Appears to Fishermen				21:1-24
Great Commission	28:16-20	16:15-18	24:44-49		Acts 1:3-8; 1 Cor 15:6
Appears to James					1 Cor 15:7
Ascension		16:19-20	24:50-53		Acts 1:9-12
Misc “Other” Works				20:30-31; 21:25

 

Where was Jesus between His death and resurrection?
Many Christians try to answer that question after incorrectly reading a New Testament understanding of a place of torment into an Old Testament context. (Remember, prior to the resurrection, even the Gospels represent Old Testament theology.) Our own OBU religion professor Matthew Emerson does a great job of answering, He Descended into Hell, or Did He?: Jesus’s Descent and Why It Matters for Christian Theology.

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*The order and length of events are debatable but provided here for a general understanding. This timeline adapted from Reese, Edward, and Frank R. Klassen. The Reese Chronological Bible. Minneapolis, MN: Bethany House Publishers, 1977 and Edersheim, Alfred. The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah. 8th ed. New York, NY: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1896.