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Women of Wisdom / January 22, 2025 / Dr. Bookman Events of the Successive Days of the Passion of Jesus John 11 – The Final Curtain Goes Up!
A Survey of the Events of the Passion Week
Sunday – A Day of Messianic Presentation [Mar 30, 33 AD]
✓ Event: the Triumphal Entry, carefully orchestrated by Jesus, in which Jesus most officially and dramatically – and in careful fulfillment of 3 distinct lines of OT prophecy [manner of presentation – Zech 9:9; moment – Dan 9:25; meaning – Ps 118:25], offers Himself to Israel as their long-awaited Messiah/King
✓ Q: Given Sunday, Why Friday?
Monday & Tuesday – Days of Messianic Proclamation [Mar 31 / Apr 1, 33]
✓ Events - ❶ 2nd Cleansing of the Temple; ❷ Jesus possesses the temple for these 2 days, puts to silence His enemies in open debate, speaks parables of condemnation on this unbelieving generation of Jews; answers question of lawyer “not far from the kingdom”; argues from Ps 110; ❸ As He leaves the temple, Jesus pronounces awful woes on the “scribes & Pharisees,” thus demanding that the multitudes who received Him joyously on Sunday make a hard and costly choice – Jesus or the Pharisees; ❹ on way to Bethany, the “Olivet Discourse”; ❺ late on Tuesday, Judas (angered by a rebuke from Jesus last Saturday night) sneaks off to the private home of the high priest, Caiaphas, bargains to betray Jesus.
✓ Important: a plot is now laid in place to get Jesus arrested, tried, sentenced and on His way to execution while the city slept! The reason for the secrecy – Jesus’ enemies have Sun/Mon/Tue ringing in their ears!
Wednesday – a silent but busy day [Apr 2, 33]
✓ Much demanding preparation made to spring the trap on Thursday evening in connection with the Passover; Jesus arranges a room for the Passover with His disciples
Thursday afternoon and evening – A Day of Messianic Preparation [Apr 2, 33]
✓ Events - ❶ In  the Upper Room – the Passover, Judas departs to fetch the Sanhedrin, the “Last Supper” & teaching of the 11 = Preparation for the disciples; ❷ In the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus pours out His heart to the Father in prayer – Preparation for Jesus’ own spirit
✓ Important: in order to come to grips with Golgotha, start with Gethsemane!
Friday – A Day first of Messianic Prosecution and then of Messianic Perfection [Apr 3, 33]
✓ Events – Prosecution (at the break of dawn): ❶ Jesus is arrested, taken to Caiaphas’ priestly villa (western hill of Jerusalem), interrogated (illegally) by the Sanhedrin, confesses that He is the Christ/King and the Son of God; ❷ Jesus is taken to Pilate (about 4:30 am), Pilate interrogates Him and is satisfied He is not a seditionist, determines to release Him; ❸ b/c of protests by Jewish leaders, sent to Herod Antipas (in town for the Passover), but nothing comes of that; ❹Back to Pilate, Barabbas demanded in His stead, scourged, 2 private conversations with Pilate, finally when the Jewish leadership  insist they will report Pilate to Rome, Pilate turns Jesus over to be crucified;
Perfection (9 am – 3 pm) ❺ Jesus is crucified (“lifted up”) by 9 am b/w 2 malefactors, speaks 7 times [3 before noon, sun still shining – “Father, forgive them…”; “Woman, behold  thy son…”’ “Today you shall be with me…” and then 4 at the end of the experience, sun grown dark – “My God, My God, Why hast Thou forsaken me?”; “I thirst!”; It is finished!”; Father, into thy hands…” ❻ Death of the God-Man (About 3pm; veil torn, rocks rent; some graves opened, people rise [to mortality] go into city); ❼ Jesus is proven dead (sword in His side), His body is taken & buried by 2 Sanhedrinists
Saturday [Apr 4, 33] – At the request of the Jewish leadership, Pilate grants a guard and sets a seal on the tomb of Jesus; Jesus’ body lies in the tomb....For complete notes and associated chart email WOW@Shepherds.org