Rev Bill

A third event of Thursday of Holy Week was Jesus’ praying in the Garden of Gethsemane.
Jesus prayed that He would not have to die on the cross — and yet at the end He accepted God’s will. (Matthew 26:31-46, Mark 14:32-42, uke 22:39-46).
If you have ever seen the movie “The Passion Of The [...]

Thursday of Holy Weekis the day Jesus instituted the Sacrament of Communion
As He gathered with His disciples the night before His crucifixion, Jesus took the bread and the cup from the Jewish Seder Meal they were celebrating and gave the bread and cup new meaning (Matthew 26:26-30, Mark 14:22-26, Luke 22:14-20).
This is [...]

Today is Thursday of Holy Week — also known as Holy Thursday or Maundy Thursday.
It was on this day that Jesus gave the disciples the “new commandment” — to love one another (John 13:34). (The Latin word for “commandment” is mandatum — thus the English word “maundy”).
Jesus gave this new commandment [...]

One event that may have occurred on Wednesday of Holy Week is the discussion of whether to pay taxes to the emperor or not (Matthew 22:15-22, Mark 12:13-17, Luke 20:20-26).
The religious leaders were wanting to trap Jesus — trying to see if they could catch Him saying something that would either offend the [...]

One event that may have occurred on Tuesday of Holy Week is the Greeks coming to see Jesus (John 12:20-36).
Several things strike me about this passage:
First, it is indeed good that Gentiles came to see Jesus — and that Jesus welcomed them. Jesus seemed to take this as a sign that it [...]