Lord’s Day, Vol. 6 No. 12

The Passion Week to Resurrection Day

A.D. 30. Spring. April.

[Extracted from W. Graham Scroggie, A Guide to the Gospels, 501-503.]

 

Sunday – Day of Demonstration

Two Disciples fetch a Colt

Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem

Prediction over Jerusalem

Jesus in the City and the Temple

Retirement to Bethany
Monday – Day of Authority

A Fig Tree Cursed

Second Cleansing of the Temple

 

Tuesday – Day of Conflict

The Fig Tree Withered

Utterance on prayer and Faith

-Priests, Scribes, Elders

Christ’s Authority Challenged

Parable of the Two Sons

Parable of the Wicked Husbandmen

Parable of the Rejected Stone

Parable of the Marriage Feast and Wedding Garment – Pharisees and Herodians

Utterance of Tribute Money – Sadducees

The Resurrection Question – A Scribe

The First Commandment

Christ’s Unanswerable Question

Denunciation of the Scribes and Pharisees

Lament over Jerusalem

Liberality of a Poor Widow

Greeks Desire to See Jesus

Parable of a Grain of Wheat

The Interpretation of Life and Death as Sacrifice

The Jews’ Rejection of Christ

The Eschatological Discourse – Parables: The Fig Tree, The Porter, The Master of the House, The Faithful and Evil Servants, The Ten Virgins, The Talents, The Sheep and the Goats

Jesus Predicts His Death

Anointing by Mary in Simon’s House

The Bargain of Judas

 

Wednesday – Day of Silence

 

Thursday – Day of Preparation

Preparation for the Paschal Meal

Jesus Partakes of the Passover with His Disciples

Jealousy of the Apostles Rebuked

Jesus Washes the Disciples’ Feet

Discourse on the Feet Washing

Jesus Points out Judas as the Betrayer

The Apostles Warned Against Desertion

All Protest their Loyalty

Peter Specially Warned

Trouble Foreshadowed

Institution of the Lord’s Supper

The Farewell Discourse in the Upper Room

The Discourse on the Way to Gethsemane – Allegory of the Vine and the Branches

Christ’s Intercessory Prayer

 

Friday – Day of Suffering

Jesus and Eleven go to Gethsemane

The Agony in the Garden

The Betrayal and Arrest

Peter Defends Jesus with a Sword

Jesus Heals the Ear of Malchus

Jesus Remonstrates with the Crowd

The Apostles Forsake their Master

The Young Man with the Linen Cloth

First Jewish Trial: Before Annas

Second Jewish Trial: Before Caiaphas

Third Jewish Trial: Before the Sanhedrin

Jesus Avows His Messiahship

Peter’s Denial and Remorse

First Roman Trial: Before Pilate

Second Roman Trial: Before Herod

Third Roman Trial: Before Pilate Again

Pilate Delivers Jesus to the Jews

The Soldiers Maltreat Jesus

Pilate Again Attempts to Save Jesus

Remorse and Suicide of Judas

On the Way to the Cross

On the Cross:

First Three Hours: 9-12 o’clock

Three Sayings

Second Three Hours: 12-3 o’clock

Four Sayings

Phenomena Accompanying Jesus’ Death

Burial of His Body in Joseph’s Tomb

 

Saturday – Day of Absence

Body in the Tomb

 

Sunday – Day of Resurrection

A Great Earth Quake

An Angel Rolls Away the Stone

The Guard Report to the Rulers

The Message of the Angels to the Women who Visit the Empty Tomb

Mary and the Others Report to the Disciples

Peter and John Visit the Tomb

Appearances of Jesus on the Resurrection Day

First: To Mary Magdalene

Second: To Other Women

Third: Peter

Fourth: The Two Emmaus Disciples, who report to the Apostles

Fifth: To Ten Apostles, Thomas Absent

 

To be continued…

 

Yours lovingly,

Pastor Lek Aik Wee