Passion
Week contained several memorable events. Jesus cleansed the Temple for the
second time (Luke 19:45-46), then disputed with the Pharisees regarding His
authority. Then He gave His Olivet Discourse on the end times and taught many
things, including the signs of His second coming. Jesus ate His Last Supper
with His disciples in the upper room (Luke 22:7-38), then went to the garden of
Gethsemane to pray as He waited for His hour to come. It was here that Jesus,
having been betrayed by Judas, was arrested and taken to several sham trials
before the chief priests, Pontius Pilate, and Herod (Luke 22:54-23:25).
Following
the trials, Jesus was scourged at the hands of the Roman soldiers, then was
forced to carry His own instrument of execution (the Cross) through the streets
of Jerusalem along what is known as the Via Dolorosa (way of sorrows). Jesus
was then crucified at Golgotha on the day before the Sabbath, was buried and
remained in the tomb until Sunday, the day after the Sabbath, and then
gloriously resurrected.
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