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Jesus then led His closest friends in Passover, transforming that beautiful meal into what we know as The Lord’s Supper or Holy Communion. Preparation for Passover took place on the 14th of Nissan—from nightfall on Wednesday to nightfall on Thursday. The...
At some point on Thursday, Jesus met with His closest friends. He gave them an example of what servant leadership looks like by washing their feet (John 13). Before the Passover celebration, Jesus knew that his hour had come to leave this world + return to his...
On Wednesday—just two days before Jesus’ death—Jesus may have gone back to the Temple for another day of teaching. Every day Jesus went to the Temple to teach + each evening he returned to spend the night on the Mount of Olives. 38 The crowds gathered...
Jesus wasn’t finished. In Matthew 23, He directly challenged + confronted the religious leaders on issue after issue. This was probably Jesus’ last public sermon. • Jesus prayed over Jerusalem + wept over the people in the city that He deeply loved. (Matthew...
Now, it’s Round Two. Jesus doesn’t even give the religious leaders an opportunity to mount an attack. Instead, He goes on the offense by sharing a series of three stories. The Story of the Two Sons (Matthew 21:28-32) In Matthew 21:28-32, Jesus shared a...
Tuesday was a whirlwind of activity. It probably won’t surprise you that Jesus went back to the temple to teach again. In fact, He spent the majority of that day in the temple. We’ll talk more about what went down at the temple soon, but here are the bullets of...
Sunday is a day of feasting + celebration since Jesus rose on a Sunday. Take today to catch up on your reading + to contemplate what you've read so far.
Once the kiosks for temple merchants + “spiritual loan sharks” had been cleared out, there was room for the blind + crippled—the outcasts, rejects + poor—to get in! People who had been ignored by their own families, friends, religious community + culture now had a...
It’s interesting that the primary issue for Jesus wasn’t Rome’s political power or army, it was God’s temple. He didn’t come as a military, economic, political or social revolutionary. He came as a Savior who would willingly pay the penalty for sin that all of us...
Jesus’ overturning the tables of those selling goods in the temple, wasn’t simply a protest against the commercialism of the temple . . . It was so much more than that! By driving out those who were buying + selling temple sacrifices, He effectively...