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Passion Week – Day #8

It’s the day after Preparation Day, that being the Passover, so it is now the High Sabbath, the 15th of the first month, and the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread. The chief priests and Pharisees go to see Pilate to tell him that Yeshua said He would raise from the dead after three days, so they would like Pilate to place guards at the tomb until those three days were passed (Matt. 27:62-66). 

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Passion Week – Day #7

The evening had come. Passover. It was now the 14th of the first month and Yeshua and His Disciples were reclining at the table. We have already gone over some of the things from yesterday’s post but not necessarily in an orderly fashion. Matthew and Mark record that they had the evening meal and Judas was exposed as the betrayer. Then they both tell of the institution of the Lord’s Supper. Luke doesn’t record Judas being called out as the betrayer but just shows that at the meal, the Lord’s Supper took place. So now, Judas has left the room and Yeshua teaches the remaining disciples. All three synoptic gospels tell of Peter’s future denial, but only Luke records the Disciples arguing over who was the greatest. And then, all three synoptics say that they left for Gethsemane. Next, we’ll see what John records about the further teachings and then get onto the arrest, the trial, and the crucifixion. It’s a long day.

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