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