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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.
*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.