Part 6
Jn 13:3 Because Jesus knew that the Father had handed all things over to him, and that he had come from God and was going back to God, 4 he got up from the meal, removed his outer clothes, took a towel and tied it around himself. 5 He poured water into the washbasin and began to wash the disciples' feet and to dry them with the towel he had wrapped around himself.
6 Then he came to Simon Peter. Peter said to him, "Lord, are you going to wash my feet?" 7 Jesus replied, "You do not understand what I am doing now, but you will understand after these things." 8 Peter said to him, "You will never wash my feet!" Jesus replied, "If I do not wash you, you have no share with me." 9 Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, wash not only my feet, but also my hands and my head!" 10 Jesus replied, "The one who has bathed needs only to wash his feet, but is completely clean. And you disciples are clean, but not every one of you." 11 (For Jesus knew the one who was going to betray him. For this reason he said, "Not every one of you is clean.")
12 So when Jesus had washed their feet and put his outer clothing back on, he took his place at the table again and said to them, "Do you understand what I have done for you? 13 You call me 'Teacher' and 'Lord,' and do so correctly, for that is what I am. 14 If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you too ought to wash one another's feet. 15 For I have given you an example—you should do just as I have done for you. 16 I tell you the solemn truth, the slave is not greater than his master, nor is the one who is sent as a messenger greater than the one who sent him. 17 If you understand these things, you will be blessed if you do them.
Jn 13:34 "I give you a new commandment—to love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. 35 Everyone will know by this that you are my disciples—if you have love for one another."
Announcement of Jesus' Betrayal (Jn 13:18-32; Lk 22:21-23; Mt 26:21-25; Mk 14:18-21) Jn 13:18 "What I am saying does not refer to all of you. I know the ones I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the scripture, 'The one who eats my bread has turned against me.'a 19 I am telling you this now, before it happens, so that when it happens you may believe that I am he. 20 I tell you the solemn truth, whoever accepts the one I send accepts me, and whoever accepts me accepts the one who sent me."
21 When he had said these things, Mk 14:18 while they were at the table eating, Jn 13:21 Jesus was greatly distressed in spirit, and testified, "I tell you the solemn truth, Lk 22:21 the hand of the one who betrays me is with me on the table, eating with me."
Mt 26:22 The disciples became greatly distressed Jn 13:22 and began to look at one another, worried and perplexed to know which of them he was talking about. Lk 22:23 So they began to question one another as to which of them it could possibly be who would do this. Mt 26:22 Each one began to say to him, "Surely not I, Lord?"
Jn 13:23 One of his disciples, the one Jesus loved, was at the table to the right of Jesus in a place of honor. 24 So Simon Peter gestured to this disciple to ask Jesus who it was he was referring to. 25 Then the disciple whom Jesus loved leaned back against Jesus' chest and asked him, "Lord, who is it?"
a Ps 41:9
Mk 14:20 Jesus replied, "It is one of the twelve, one who dips his hand with me into the bowl. Jn 13:26 The one to whom I will give this piece of bread after I have dipped it in the dish will betray me. Mk 14:21 For the Son of Man will go as it is written about him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for him if he had never been born."
Mt 26:25 Then Judas, the one who would betray him, said, "Surely not I, Rabbi?" Jesus replied, "You have said it yourself." Jn 13:26 Then he dipped the piece of bread in the dish and gave it to Judas Iscariot, Simon's son. 27 And after Judas took the piece of bread, Satan entered into him.
Jesus said to him, "What you are about to do, do quickly." 28 (Now none of those present at the table understood why Jesus said this to Judas. 29 Some thought that, because Judas had the money box, Jesus was telling him to buy whatever they needed for the feast, or to give something to the poor.) 30 Judas took the piece of bread and went out immediately. (Now it was night.)
31 When Judas had gone out, Jesus said, "Now the Son of Man is glorified, and God is glorified in him. 32 If God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and he will glorify him right away."
"The Lord's Supper" - The New Covenant (Mt 26:26-28; Mk 14:22-24; Lk 22:19-20; 1 Cor 11:24-25)
Mt 26:26 While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after giving thanks he broke it, gave it to his disciples, and said, "Take, eat, this is my body Lk 22:19 which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me."
20 And in the same way he took the cup after they had eaten, Mt 26:27 and after giving thanks, he gave it to them, saying, "Drink from it, all of you, 28 for this cup is my blood, the blood of the new covenant, that is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. 1 Cor 11:25 Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me."
Mk 14:23 And they all drank from it. 1st Prediction of Peter's Denial (Jn 13:33,36-38; Lk 22:31-34) Jn 13:33 [Jesus said,] "Children, I am still with you for a little while. You will look for me, and just as I said to the Jewish religious leaders, 'Where I am going you cannot come,' now I tell you the same.
Lk 22:31 "Simon, Simon, pay attention! Satan has demanded to have you all, to sift you like wheat, 32 but I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. When you have turned back, strengthen your brothers."
Jn 13:36 Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, where are you going?" Jesus replied, "Where I am going, you cannot follow me now, but you will follow later." 37 Peter said to him, "Lord, why can't I follow you now? Lk 22:33 I am ready to go with you both to prison and to death! Jn 13:37 I will lay down my life for you!"
38 Jesus answered, "Will you lay down your life for me? I tell you the solemn truth Lk 12:34 Peter, the rooster will not crow today until you have denied three times that you know me."
Jesus Is the Way to the Father (Jn 3:1-14)
Jn 14:1 "Do not let your hearts be distressed. You believe in God; believe also in me. 2 There are many dwelling places in my Father's house. Otherwise, I would have told you, because I am going away to make ready a place for you. 3 And if I go and make ready a place for you, I will come again and take you to be with me, so that where I am you may be too. 4 And you know the way where I am going."
5 Thomas said, "Lord, we don't know where you are going. How can we know the way?" 6 Jesus replied, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 7 If you have known me, you will know my Father too. And from now on you do know him and have seen him."
8 Philip said, "Lord, show us the Father, and we will be content." 9 Jesus replied, "Have I been with you for so long, and you have not known me, Philip? The person who has seen me has seen the Father! How can you say, 'Show us the Father'? 10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you, I do not speak on my own initiative, but the Father residing in me performs his miraculous deeds. 11 Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father is in me, but if you do not believe me, believe because of the miraculous deeds themselves.
12 "I tell you the solemn truth, the person who believes in me will perform the miraculous deeds that I am doing, and will perform greater deeds than these, because I am going to the Father. 13 And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it."
"If You Love Me" / Promise of the Holy Spirit (Jn 14:15-31; Mt 26:30; Mk 14:26)
Jn 14:15 "If you love me, you will obey my commandments. 16 Then I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you forever— 17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot accept, because it does not see him or know him. But you know him, because he resides with you and will be in you.
18 "I will not abandon you as orphans, I will come to you. 19 In a little while the world will not see me any longer, but you will see me; because I live, you will live too. 20 You will know at that time that I am in my Father and you are in me and I am in you. 21 The person who has my commandments and obeys them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and will reveal myself to him."
22 "Lord," Judas (not Judas Iscariot) said, "what has happened that you are going to reveal yourself to us and not to the world?"
23 Jesus replied, "If anyone loves me, he will obey my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and take up residence with him. 24 The person who does not love me does not obey my words. And the word you hear is not mine, but the Father's who sent me.
25 "I have spoken these things while staying with you. 26 But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything, and will cause you to remember everything I said to you.
27 "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you; I do not give it to you as the world does. Do not let your hearts be distressed or lacking in courage. 28 You heard me say to you, 'I am going away and I am coming back to you.' If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I am. 29 I have told you now before it happens, so that when it happens you may believe. 30 "I will not speak with you much longer, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no power over me, 31 but I am doing just what the Father commanded me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. "Get up, let us go from here." Mt 26:30 After singing a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives. Mount of Olives – Thursday Night/Friday Morning
2nd Prediction of Falling Away & Denial (Mt 26:31-35; Mk 14:27-31) Mt 26:31 Then Jesus said to them, "This night you will all fall away because of me, for it is written:
'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'a
32 But after I am raised, I will go ahead of you into Galilee. 33 Peter said to him, "Even If they all fall away because of you, I will never fall away!" Mk 14:30 Jesus said to him, "I tell you the solemn truth, today—this very night—before a rooster crows twice, you will deny that you know me three times."
31 But Peter insisted emphatically, "Even if I must die with you, I will never deny you." And all the disciples said the same thing. The Vine and the Branches – "Remain in Me" (Jn 15:1-8)
Jn 15:1 [Jesus said,] "I am the true vine and my Father is the gardener. 2 He takes away every branch that does not bear fruit in me. He prunes every branch that bears fruit so that it will bear more fruit. 3 You are clean already because of the word that I have spoken to you.
4 "Remain in me, and I will remain in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in me. 5 I am the vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in me—and I in him—bears much fruit, because apart from me you can accomplish nothing.
a Zec 13:7
6 "If anyone does not remain in me, he is thrown out like a branch, and dries up; and such branches are gathered up and thrown into the fire, and are burned up. 7 If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you want, and it will be done for you. 8 My Father is honored by this, that you bear much fruit and show that you are my disciples.
"Remain in My Love & Love One Another" (Jn 15:9-17)
Jn 15:9 "Just as the Father has loved me, I have also loved you; remain in my love. 10 If you obey my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father's commandments and remain in his love.
11 "I have told you these things so that my joy may be in you, and your joy may be complete. 12 "My commandment is this—to love one another just as I have loved you. 13 No one has greater love than this—that one lays down his life for his friends.
14 "You are my friends if you do what I command you. 15 I no longer call you slaves, because the slave does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because I have revealed to you everything I heard from my Father. 16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that remains, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you.
17 "This I command you—to love one another." The World's Hatred (Jn 15:18-25)
Jn 15:18 "If the world hates you, be aware that it hated me first. 19 If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as its own. However, because you do not belong to the world, but I chose you out of the world, for this reason the world hates you. 20 Remember what I told you, 'A slave is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they obeyed my word, they will obey yours too. 21 But they will do all these things to you on account of my name, because they do not know the one who sent me.
22 "If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. But they no longer have any excuse for their sin. 23 The one who hates me hates my Father too. 24 If I had not performed among them the miraculous deeds that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. But now they have seen the deeds and have hated both me and my Father. 25 This happened to fulfill the word that is written in their law, "They hated me without reason."a
Coming Advocate, the Spirit of Truth (Jn 15:26-16:15)
Jn 15:26 "When the Advocate comes, whom I will send you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father—he will testify about me, 27 and you also will testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.
16:1 "I have told you all these things so that you will not fall away. 2 They will put you out of the synagogue, yet a time is coming when the one who kills you will think he is offering service to God. 3 They will do these things because they have not known the Father or me. 4 But I have told you these things so that when their time comes, you will remember that I told you about them.
"I did not tell you these things from the beginning because I was with you. 5 But now I am going to the one who sent me, and not one of you is asking me, 'Where are you going?' 6 Instead your hearts are filled with sadness because I have said these things to you. 7 But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I am going away. For if I do not go away, the Advocate will not come to you, but if I go, I will send him to you.
8 "When he comes, he will prove the world wrongb concerning sin and righteousness and judgment— 9 concerning sin, because they do not believe in me; 10 concerning righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you will see me no longer; 11 and concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world has been condemned.
a Ps 35:19; Ps 69:4
b Or "will convict the world"; or "will expose the world"
12 "I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. 13 But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. For he will not speak on his own authority, but will speak whatever he hears, and will tell you what is to come. 14 He will glorify me, because he will receive from me what is mine and will tell it to you. 15 Everything that the Father has is mine; that is why I said the Spirit will receive from me what is mine and will tell it to you."
Sorrow Turned to Joy, Trouble to Peace (Jn 16:16-33)
Jn 16:16 "In a little while you will see me no longer; again after a little while, you will see me." 17 Then some of his disciples said to one another, "What is the meaning of what he is saying, 'In a little while you will not see me; again after a little while, you will see me,' and, 'because I am going to the Father'?" 18 So they kept on repeating, "What is the meaning of what he says, 'In a little while'? We do not understand what he is talking about."
19 Jesus could see that they wanted to ask him about these things, so he said to them, "Are you asking each other about this—that I said, 'In a little while you will not see me; again after a little while, you will see me'? 20 I tell you the solemn truth, you will weep and wail, but the world will rejoice; you will be sad, but your sadness will turn into joy. 21 When a woman gives birth, she has distress because her time has come, but when her child is born, she no longer remembers the suffering because of her joy that a human being has been born into the world.
22 "So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you. 23 At that time you will ask me nothing. I tell you the solemn truth, whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you. 24 Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive it, so that your joy may be complete."
Jn 16:25 "I have told you these things in obscure figures of speech; a time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in obscure figures, but will tell you plainly about the Father. 26 At that time you will ask in my name, and I do not say that I will ask the Father on your behalf. 27 For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God. 28 I came from the Father and entered into the world, but in turn, I am leaving the world and going back to the Father."
29 His disciples said, "Look, now you are speaking plainly and not in obscure figures of speech! 30 Now we know that you know everything and do not need anyone to ask you anything. Because of this we believe that you have come from God."
31 Jesus replied, "Do you now believe? 32 Look, a time is coming—and has come—when you will be scattered, each one to his own home, and I will be left alone. Yet I am not alone, because my Father is with me. 33 I have told you these things so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble and suffering, but take courage—I have conquered the world." Jesus Prays for His Followers (Jn 17:1-26)
Jn 17:1 When Jesus had finished saying these things, he looked upward to heaven and said, "Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, so that your Son may glorify you— 2 just as you have given him authority over all humanity, so that he may give eternal life to everyone you have given him. 3 Now this is eternal life—that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you sent. 4 I glorified you on earth by completing the work you gave me to do. 5 And now, Father, glorify me at your side with the glory I had with you before the world was created.
6 "I have revealed your name to the men you gave me out of the world. They belonged to you, and you gave them to me, and they have obeyed your word. 7 Now they understand that everything you have given me comes from you, 8 because I have given them the words you have given me. They accepted them and really understand that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me.
9 "I am praying on behalf of them. I am not praying on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those you have given me, because they belong to you. 10 Everything I have belongs to you, and everything you have belongs to me, and I have been glorified by them. 11 I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming
to you. Holy Father, keep them safe in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one just as we are one.
12 "When I was with them I kept them safe and watched over them in your name that you have given me. Not one of them was lost except the one destined for destruction, so that the scripture could be fulfilled. 13 But now I am coming to you, and I am saying these things in the world, so they may experience my joy completed in themselves.
14 "I have given them your word, and the world has hated them, because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world. 15 I am not asking you to take them out of the world, but that you keep them safe from the evil one. 16 They do not belong to the world just as I do not belong to the world. 17 Set them apart in the truth; your word is truth. 18 Just as you sent me into the world, so I sent them into the world. 19 And I set myself apart on their behalf, so that they too may be truly set apart.
20 "I am not praying only on their behalf, but also on behalf of those who believe in me through their testimony, 21 that they will all be one, just as you, Father, are in me and I am in you. I pray that they will be in us, so that the world will believe that you sent me. 22 The glory you gave to me I have given to them, that they may be one just as we are one— 23 I in them and you in me—that they may be completely one, so that the world will know that you sent me, and you have loved them just as you have loved me.
24 "Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, so that they can see my glory that you gave me because you loved me before the creation of the world. 25 Righteous Father, even if the world does not know you, I know you, and these men know that you sent me. 26 I made known your name to them, and I will continue to make it known, so that the love you have loved me with may be in them, and I may be in them."
Preparations for the Disciples (Lk 22:35-38)
Lk 22:35 Then Jesus said to them, "When I sent you out with no money bag, or traveler's bag, or sandals, you didn't lack anything, did you?"
They replied, "Nothing." 36 He said to them, "But now, the one who has a money bag must take it, and likewise a traveler's bag too. And the one who has no sword must sell his cloak and buy one. 37 For I tell you that this scripture must be fulfilled in me, 'And he was counted with the transgressors.'a For what is written about me is being fulfilled."
38 So they said, "Look, Lord, here are two swords." Then he told them, "It is enough." FRIDAY Jesus Prays in Gethsemane – Before Dawn (Mk 14:32-42; Mt 26:36-46; Lk 22:39-46; Jn 18:1)
Lk 22:39 Then Jesus went out and made his way, as he customarily did, Mt 26:36 to a place called Gethsemane, Jn
18:1 across the Kidron Valley. There was an orchard there, and he and his disciples went into it. Lk 22:40 When he came to the place, he said to them, "Sit here and pray that you will not fall into temptation Mt 26:36 while I go over there and pray."
37 He took with him Peter, James, and John, the two sons of Zebedee, and became anguished and distressed. 38 Then he said to them, "My soul is deeply grieved, even to the point of death. Remain here and stay awake with me."
Mk 14:35 Going a little farther, about a stone's throw, he threw himself down with his face to the ground and prayed that if it were possible the hour would pass from him. 36 He said, "Abba, Father, all things are possible for you. Lk 22:42 If you are willing, take this cup away from me. Yet not my will but yours be done."
43 [Then an angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him. 44 And in his anguish he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.]b
a Isa 53:12
b Some important manuscripts lack 22:43-44.
45 When he got up from prayer, he came to the disciples and found them sleeping, exhausted from grief. Mk
14:37 He said to Peter, "Simon, why are you sleeping? Couldn't you stay awake with me for one hour? 38 Get up, stay awake and pray that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak."
Mt 26:42 He went away a second time and prayed the same thing, "My Father, if this cup cannot be taken away unless I drink it, your will must be done." Mk 14:40 When he came again he found them sleeping; they could not keep their eyes open. And they did not know what to tell him.
Mt 26:44 So leaving them again, he went away and prayed for the third time, saying the same thing once more. 45 Then he came to the disciples a third time and said to them, "Are you still sleeping and resting? Enough of that! Look, the hour is approaching and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. 46 Get up, let us go. Look! My betrayer is approaching!"
Jesus Is Arrested (Mt 26:47-56; Mk 14:43-52; Lk 22:47-53; Jn 18:2-11)
Lk 22:47 While Jesus was still speaking, suddenly a crowd appeared, and the man named Judas, one of the twelve, was leading them. Jn 18:2 (Now Judas, the one who betrayed him, knew the place too, because Jesus had met there many times with his disciples.) 3 So Judas obtained a squad of soldiers and some officers Mk 14:43 sent by the chief priests, Pharisees and experts in the law, along with elders of the people. Jn 18:3 They came to the orchard with lanterns and torches, and Mk 14:43 armed with swords and clubs.
Mk 14:44 (Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, "The one I kiss is the man. Arrest him and lead him away under guard.") 45 When Judas arrived, he went up to Jesus immediately and said, "Greetings, Rabbi!" and kissed him.
Lk 22:48 But Jesus said to him, "Judas, would you betray the Son of Man with a kiss?" Jn 18:4 Then Jesus, because he knew everything that was going to happen to him, came and asked them, "Who are you looking for?"
5 They replied, "Jesus the Nazarene." He told them, "I am he [or I AM]." (Now Judas, the one who betrayed him, was standing there with them.) 6 So when Jesus said to them, "I am he [I AM]," they retreated and fell to the ground. 7 Then Jesus asked them again, "Who are you looking for?"
And they said, "Jesus the Nazarene." 8 Jesus replied, "I told you that I am he. If you are looking for me, let these men go." 9 He said this to fulfill the word he had spoken, "I have not lost a single one of those whom you gave me." Mt 26:50 Jesus said to Judas, "Friend, do what you are here to do." Then they came and took hold of Jesus and arrested him.
Lk 22:49 When those who were around him saw what was about to happen, they said, "Lord, should we use our swords?" Jn 18:10 Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, pulled it out and struck the high priest's slave, cutting off his right ear. (Now the slave's name was Malchus.) Lk 22:51 But Jesus said, "Enough of this!" And he touched the man's ear and healed him.
Mt 26:52 Then Jesus said to Peter, "Put your sword back in its sheath! For all who take hold of the sword will die by the sword. 53 Or do you think that I cannot call on my Father, and that he would send me more than twelve legions of angels right now? 54 How then would the scriptures that say it must happen this way be fulfilled? Jn
18:11 Am I not to drink the cup that the Father has given me?" Lk 22:52 Then, at that moment, Jesus said to the crowd, the chief priests, the officers of the temple guard, and the elders who had come out to get him, Mt 26:55 "Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest me like you would an outlaw? Day after day I was with you, teaching in the temple courts, yet you did not arrest me. 26:56 But this has happened so that the scriptures of the prophets would be fulfilled. Lk 22:53 This is your hour, and that of the power of darkness!"
Jn 18:12 Then the squad of soldiers with their commanding officer and the officers of the Jewish leaders arrested Jesus and tied him up. Mk 14:50 Then all the disciples left him and fled. 51 A young man was following him, wearing only a linen cloth. They tried to arrest him, 52 but he ran off naked, leaving his linen cloth behind.
Trials: Before Dawn to 9ama
Stage #1: Illegal Hearing before Annas – Before dawnb (Jn 18:13-24)
Jn 18:13 They brought Jesus first to Annas, for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year. 14 (Now it was Caiaphas who had advised the Jewish leaders that it was to their advantage that one man die for the people.) 15 Simon Peter and another disciple followed.c
(Now the other disciple was acquainted with the high priest,d and he went with Jesus into the high priest's courtyard.) 16 But Simon Peter was left standing outside by the door. So the other disciple who was acquainted with the high priest came out and spoke to the slave girl who watched the door, and brought Peter inside.
Peter's 1st Deniale – to a slave girl doorkeeper at the courtyard door (Jn 18:17) Jn 18:17 The girl who was the doorkeeper said to Peter, "You're not one of this man's disciples too, are you?" He replied, "I am not."
Jn 18:18 (Now the slaves and the guards were standing around a charcoal fire they had made in the middle of the courtyard, warming themselves because it was cold.) Jn 18:19 The high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and about his teaching.
20 Jesus replied, "I have spoken publicly to the world. I always taught in the synagogues and in the temple courts, where all the Jewish people assemble together. I have said nothing in secret. 21 Why do you ask me? Ask those who heard what I said. They know what I said."
22 When Jesus had said this, one of the high priest's officers who stood nearby struck him on the face and said, "Is that the way you answer the high priest?"
23 Jesus replied, "If I have said something wrong, confirm what is wrong. But if I spoke correctly, why strike me?" 24 Then Annas sent Jesus, still tied up, to Caiaphas the high priest. Stage #2: Illegal Trial before Caiaphas & Sanhedrin – Before dawn (Mt 26:57-68; Mk 14:53-65; Lk 22:54-55, 67-71; Jn 18:25) Mt 26:57 Now the ones who had arrested Jesus led him to Caiaphas, in whose house Mk 14:53 all the chief priests and elders and experts in the law had come together. Mt 26:58 And Peter had followed him from a distance, all the way to the high priest's courtyard. 58 After going in, Peter sat down with the guards warming himself by the fire, waiting to see the outcome.
Peter's 2nd Denial – to slaves & guards in the courtyard by the fire (Jn 18:25) Jn 18:25 The guards said to Peter, "You aren't one of his disciples too, are you?" Peter denied it: "I am not!"
Mk 14:55 [Meanwhile] the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for evidence against Jesus so that they could put him to death, but they did not find anything. 56 Many gave false testimony against him, but their testimony did not agree.
Mt 26:60 Finally two came forward, Mk 14:57 stood up and gave this false testimony against Jesus: 58 "We heard this man say, 'I will destroy this temple of God made with hands and in three days build another not made with hands.' " 59 Yet even on this point their testimony did not agree.
60 Then the high priest stood up before them and asked Jesus, "Have you no answer? What is this that they are testifying against you?" 61 But Jesus was silent and did not answer.
a See Appendix IX. "Six Trial Stages."
b According to Jewish law, it was illegal to conduct a trial before dawn.
c After "followed" the NET Bible adds the words, "them as they brought Jesus to Annas," for clarity.
d As the former high priest, Annas continued to be referred to as high priest.
e See Appendix X. "Harmonizing Trials & Denials."
Mk 14:61 Again the high priest questioned Jesus Mt 26:63 and said to him, "I charge you under oath by the living God, tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God, Mk 14:61 the Blessed One."
Lk 22:67 But Jesus said to them, "If I tell you, you will not believe, 68 and if I ask you, you will not answer." Lk 22:70 So they all said, "Are you the Son of God, then? Mt 26:64 Jesus said, "You have said it yourself, Mk 14:62 I am. Mt 26:64 But I tell you, from now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right handa of the power of God and coming on the clouds of heaven.b"
65 Then the high priest tore his clothes and declared, "He has blasphemed! Why do we still need further witnesses? Now you have heard the blasphemy. 66 What is your verdict?"
Mk 14:64 They all condemned him, Mt 26:66 and answered, "He is guilty and deserves death." Lk 22:63 Now the men who were holding Jesus under guard began to mock him and beat him. Mk 14:65 Some began to spit on him, and to blindfold him, and to strike him with their fists. Mt 26:67 And some slapped him, 68
saying repeatedly, "Prophesy for us, you Christ! Who hit you?" Lk 22:65 They also said many other things against him, reviling him.
Peter Continues to Deny Jesus (Mt 26:69-75; Mk 14:66-72; Lk 22:56-62; Jn 18:26-27)
Peter's 3rd Denial – to another slave girl in the courtyard by the fire (Mt 26:69-71; Mk 14:66-68; Lk 22:56-57) Mk 14:66 While Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the high priest's slave girls came by. Lk 22:56 Seeing Peter as he sat in the firelight Mk 14:67 warming himself, Lk 22:56 she stared at him and said, "This man was with him too! Mk 14:67 You also were with that Nazarene, Jesus of Galilee."
Mt 26:70 But Peter denied it in front of them all: "I don't know what you're talking about! Lk 22:57 Woman, I don't know him!" Mk 14:68 Then he went out to the gateway, and a rooster crowed.
Peter's 4th Denial – to a slave girl & bystanders at the gateway (Mt 26:71-72; Mk 14:69-70; Lk 22:58) Mt 26:71 When Peter went out to the gateway, another slave girl saw him and said to the bystandersc there, "This man was with Jesus the Nazarene. Mk 14:69 He is one of them too."
Mt 26:72 But Peter denied it again with an oath, "I do not know the man!"
Peter's 5th Denial – to a relative of Malchus (Jn 18:26-27) Lk 22:58 Then a little later Jn 18:26 one of the high priest's slaves, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, said, "Did I not see you in the orchard with him? Lk 22:58 You are one of them too."
27 Then Peter denied it again Lk 22:58 and said, "Man, I am not!"
Peter's 6th Denial – to bystanders an hour later (Mt 26:73-75; Mk 14:70-72; Lk 22:59-62) Lk 22:59 After about an hour, Mk 14:70 the bystanders again Mt 26:73 came up to Peter and said, Mk 14:70 "You must be one of them, because you are also a Galilean Mt 26:73—even your accent gives you away!"
Mk 14:71 Then Peter began to curse, and he swore with an oath, "I do not know this man you are talking about!" Lk 22:60 At that moment, while Peter was still speaking, a rooster crowed a second time. 61 Then the Lord turned and looked straight at Peter, and Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said to him, "Before a rooster crows twice today, you will deny me three times." 62 And he broke down, went outside and wept bitterly. Stage #3: The Council's Plan – Dawn (Mt 27:1-2; Mk 15:1; Lk 22:66; 23:1; Jn 18:28)
Lk 22:66 When day came, the council of the elders of the people gathered together, both the chief priests and the experts in the law. Then they led Jesus away to their council, Mk 15:1 the whole Sanhedrin, [where] Mt 27:1 they
a An illusion to Ps 110:1
b An illusion to Dan 7:13
c Luke uses the singular when referring to those to whom Peter gave his denials: Lk 22:58 – "someone" & "man"; 22:59-60 "another" & "man." Matthew, Mark & John use plurals in those cases: "people", "those standing", "bystanders", "they."
plotted against Jesus to execute him. Mk 15:1 After forming a plan, Lk 23:1 the whole group of them rose up, Mk 15:1 tied Jesus up, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate the governor.
Judas's Suicide (Mt 27:3-10; Act 1:18-19)
Mt 27:3 Now when Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus had been condemned, he regretted what he had done and returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and the elders, 4 saying, "I have sinned by betraying innocent blood!"
But they said, "What is that to us? You take care of it yourself!" 5 So Judas threw the silver coins into the temple and left. Then he went out and hanged himself. Act 1:18 Falling headfirst he burst open in the middle and all his intestines gushed out.
Mt 27:6 The chief priests took the silver and said, "It is not lawful to put this into the temple treasury, since it is blood money." 7 After consulting together they bought the Potter's Field with it, as a burial place for foreigners. Act 1:19 This became known to all who lived in Jerusalem, so that in their own language they called that field Hakeldama, that is, "Field of Blood."
Mt 27:9 Then what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: "They took the thirty silver coins, the price of the one whose price had been set by the people of Israel, 10 and they gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord commanded me."a
Stage #4: Hearing Before Pilate – Early Morning (Mt 27:11-14; Mk 15:2-5; Lk 23:2-7; Jn 18:28-38)
Jn 18:28 When they brought Jesus from Caiaphas to the Roman governor's residence, it was very early morning. They did not go into the governor's residence so they would not be ceremonially defiled, but could eat the Passover meal. 29 So Pilate came outside to them, Mt 27:11 where Jesus stood before the governor, Jn 18:29 and said, "What accusation do you bring against this man?"
30 They replied, "If this man were not a criminal, we would not have handed him over to you." 31 Pilate told them, "Take him yourselves and pass judgment on him according to your own law!" The Jewish leaders replied, "We cannot legally put anyone to death." 32 (This happened to fulfill the word Jesus had spoken when he indicated what kind of death he was going to die.) Mk 15:3 Then the chief priests and the elders began to accuse Jesus repeatedly, Lk 23:2 saying, "We found this man subverting our nation, forbidding us to pay the tribute tax to Caesar and claiming that he himself is Christ, a king." Mt 27:12 But Jesus did not respond.
13 Then Pilate said to Jesus, "Don't you hear how many charges they are bringing against you? Mk 15:4 Have you nothing to say?"5 But Jesus made no further reply, Mt 27:14 not answering even one accusation, so that Pilate the governor was quite amazed.
Jn 18:33 So Pilate went back into the governor's residence, summoned Jesus, and asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?"
Mt 27:2 Jesus replied, "You say so. Jn 18:34 Are you saying this on your own initiative, or have others told you about me?"
35 Pilate answered, "I am not a Jew, am I? Your own people and your chief priests handed you over to me. What have you done?"
36 Jesus replied, "My kingdom is not from this world. If my kingdom were from this world, my servants would be fighting to keep me from being handed over to the Jewish authorities. But as it is, my kingdom is not from here."
37 Then Pilate said, "So you are a king!" Jesus replied, "You say that I am a king. For this reason I was born, and for this reason I came into the world—to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice."
38 Pilate asked, "What is truth?" When he had said this he went back outside to the Jewish leaders, the chief priests and the crowds, and announced, "I find no basis for an accusation against this man."
a An illusion to Zec 11:12-13; Jer 32:6-9
Lk 23:5 But they persisted in saying, "He incites the people by teaching throughout all Judea. It started in Galilee and ended up here!"
6 Now when Pilate heard this, he asked whether the man was a Galilean. 7 When he learned that he was from Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him over to Herod, who also happened to be in Jerusalem at that time.
Stage #5: Hearing Before Herod (Lk 23:8-12) Lk 23:8 When Herod saw Jesus, he was very glad, for he had long desired to see him, because he had heard about him and was hoping to see him perform some miraculous sign. 9 So Herod questioned him at considerable length; Jesus gave him no answer. 10 The chief priests and the experts in the law were there, vehemently accusing him. 11 Even Herod with his soldiers treated him with contempt and mocked him.
Then, dressing him in elegant clothes, Herod sent him back to Pilate. 12 That very day Herod and Pilate became friends with each other, for prior to this they had been enemies.
Stage #6 – Hearing & Sentencing Before Pilate (Mt 27:15-31; Mk 15:6-20; Lk 23:13-25; Jn 18:39-19:16) Lk 23:13 Then Pilate called together the chief priests, the rulers, and the people, Mk 15:8 who came up and began to ask Pilate to release a prisoner for them, as was his custom. (Mt 27:15 During the feast the governor was accustomed to release one prisoner to the crowd, whomever they requested. 16 At that time they had in custody a notorious prisoner named Jesus Barabbas, Lk 23:19 who had been thrown into prison with other rebels for an insurrection started in the city, and for murder.)
Lk 23:14 Pilate said to them, "You brought me this man as one who was misleading the people. When I examined him before you, I did not find this man guilty of anything you accused him of doing. 15 Neither did Herod, for he sent him back to us. Look, he has done nothing deserving death. Jn 18:39 It is your custom that I release one prisoner for you at the Passover. Lk 23:16 I will therefore have him flogged and release him."
Mt 27:20 But the chief priests and the elders stirred up the crowd and persuaded them to ask for Barabbas to be released instead and to have Jesus killed. Lk 23:18 So they all shouted out together, "Take this man away! Release Barabbas for us!"
Lk 23:20 Pilate addressed them once again because he wanted to release Jesus, Mt 17:19 for as he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent a message to him: "Have nothing to do with that innocent man; I have suffered greatly as a result of a dream about him today."
Mt 27:17 Pilate said to them, "Whom do you want me to release for you, Jesus Barabbas or Jesus who is called the Christ, Mk 15:9 the king of the Jews?" 10 (For he knew that the chief priests had handed him over because of envy.) Mt 27:21 Which of the two do you want me to release for you?"
Jn 18:40 Then they shouted back, "Not this man, but Barabbas!" Mk 15:12 So Pilate spoke to them again, "Then what do you want me to do with the one you call king of the Jews?"
13 They all shouted back, "Crucify him!, Lk 23:21 and kept on shouting, "Crucify, crucify him!" Lk 23:22 A third time Pilate said to them, "Why? What wrong has he done wrong? I have found him guilty of no crime deserving death. I will therefore flog him and release him."5
Mt 27:27 Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus Mk 15:16 into the palace (that is, the governor's residence) and called together the whole cohort. Mt 27:28 They stripped him Jn 19:1 and flogged him severely. Mk 15:17 Then they put a purple cloak on him, and after braiding a crown of thorns, they put it on his head. Mt 27:29 They put a staff in his right hand, and kneeling down before him they mocked him, Mk 15:19 paid homage to him, Mk 15:18 and saluted him: "Hail, king of the Jews!" Mt 27:30 They spat on him and took the staff and struck him repeatedly on the head and face.
Jn 19:4 Again Pilate went out and said to the Jewish leaders, "Look, I am bringing him out to you, so that you may know that I find no reason for an accusation against him."
5 So Jesus came outside, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, "Look, here is the man!"
6 But when the chief priests and their officers saw him, Lk 23:23 they were insistent, demanding with loud shouts, "Crucify him! Crucify him!" And their shouts prevailed.
Mt 27:24 When Pilate saw that he could do nothing, but that instead a riot was starting, he took some water, washed his hands before the crowd and said, "I am innocent of this man's blood. You take care of it yourselves! You take him and crucify him! Certainly I find no reason for an accusation against him!"
Jn 19:7 The Jewish leaders and all the people replied, "We have a law, and according to our law he ought to die, because he claimed to be the Son of God! Mt 27:25 Let his blood be on us and on our children!"
Jn 19:8 When Pilate heard what they said, he was more afraid than ever, 9 and he went back into the governor's residence and said to Jesus, "Where do you come from?" But Jesus gave him no answer.
10 So Pilate said, "Do you refuse to speak to me? Don't you know I have the authority to release you, and to crucify you?"
11 Jesus replied, "You would have no authority over me at all, unless it was given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed me over to you is guilty of greater sin."
12 From this point on, Pilate tried to release him. But the Jewish leaders shouted out, "If you release this man, you are no friend of Caesar! Everyone who claims to be a king opposes Caesar!"
13 When Pilate heard these words he brought Jesus outside and sat down on the judgment seat in the place called "The Stone Pavement" (Gabbatha in Aramaic). 14 (Now it was the day of preparation for the Passover, about noon [or nine o'clock]a) Pilate said to the Jewish leaders, "Look, here is your king!"
15 Then they shouted out, "Away with him! Away with him! Crucify him!" Pilate asked, "Shall I crucify your king?" The high priests replied, "We have no king except Caesar!" Mk 15:15 Because he wanted to satisfy the crowd, Lk 23:24 Pilate decided that their demand should be granted. 25 He released, Barabbas, the man they asked for, who had been thrown in prison for insurrection and murder. 25 But he handed Jesus over to their will, Jn 19:16 to be crucified.
So they took Jesus, Mk 15:20 stripped him of the purple cloak and put his own clothes back on him. Then they led him away to crucify him.
Crucifixion: 9am – 3pm
To the Cross (Lk 23:26-32; Mk 15:21; Mt 27:32; Jn 19:16b-17)
Jn 19:16b So they took Jesus, 17 carrying his own cross. Lk 23:26 As they led him away, Mk 15:21 the soldiers forced a passerby to carry his cross, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country (he was the father of Alexander and Rufus). Lk 23:26 They placed the cross on his back and made him carry it behind Jesus. 32 Two other criminals were also led away to be executed with him.
Lk 23:27 A great number of the people followed him, among them women who were mourning and wailing for him. 28 But Jesus turned to them and said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. 29 For this is certain: The days are coming when they will say, 'Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore children, and the breasts that never nursed!' 30 Then they will begin to say to the mountains, 'Fall on us!' and to the hills, 'Cover us!'b 31 For if such things are done when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?"
On the Cross – 9am (Mt 27:33-44; Mk 15:22-32; Lk 23:33-43; Jn 19:17-27)
Mt 27:33 They came to a place called Golgotha (which means "Place of the Skull") 34 and offered Jesus wine mixed with gall (myrrh) to drink. But after tasting it, he would not drink it.
a John, writing in Asia Minor long after the destruction of Jerusalem, used a different method of reckoning time (such as Greek or Roman) than did the other Gospel writers. According to Mark, "It was nine o'clock in the morning when they crucified him" (Mk 15:25).
b An allusion to Hos 10:8 (see Rev 6:16)
Mk 15:25 At nine o'clock in the morning, Lk 23:33 they crucified him there, along with the two other criminals, one on his right and one on his left, Jn 19:17 with Jesus in the middle.a Lk 23:34 [But Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they don't know what they are doing."]b
Jn 19:19 Pilate also had a notice Mk 15:26 of the charge against him Jn 19:19 written and fastened to the cross above his head, which read: "Jesus the Nazarene, the king of the Jews." 20 Thus many of the Jewish residents of Jerusalem read this notice, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and the notice was written in Aramaic, Latin, and Greek.
21 Then the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, "Do not write, 'The king of the Jews,' but rather, 'This man said, I am king of the Jews.' "
22 Pilate answered, "What I have written, I have written." 23 Now when the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes and made four shares, one for each soldier, and the tunic remained. (Now the tunic was seamless, woven from top to bottom as a single piece.) 24 So the soldiers said to one another, "Let's not tear it, but throw dice to see who will get it." This took place to fulfill the scripture that says, "They divided my garments among them, and for my clothing they threw dice."c So the soldiers did these things Mt 27:36 and then sat down and kept guard over him there. Lk 23:35 The people also stood there watching.
Mt 27:39 Those who passed by defamed Jesus, shaking their heads 40 and saying, "Aha! You who can destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself! If you are God's Son, come down from the cross!"
Mk 15:31 In the same way even the chief priests – together with the experts in the law and elders – were mocking him among themselves: "He saved others, but he cannot save himself! Lk 23:35 If he is the Christ of God, his chosen one, Mk 15:32 the king of Israel, let him come down from the cross now, that we may see and believe in him! Mt 27:43 He trusts in God – let God, if he wants to, deliver him now because he said, 'I am God's Son'!"
Lk 23:36 The soldiers also mocked Jesus, coming up and offering him sour wine, 37 and saying, "If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself!"
Mt 27:44 The robbers who were crucified with him also spoke abusively to him. Lk 23:39 One of the criminals who was hanging there railed at him, saying, "Aren't you the Christ? Save yourself and us!"
40 But the other rebuked him, saying, "Don't you fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? 41 And we rightly so, for we are getting what we deserve for what we did, but this man has done nothing wrong." 42 Then he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come in your kingdom."
43 And Jesus said to him, "I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise." Jn 19:25 Now standing beside Jesus' cross were his mother, his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. 26 So when Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing there, he said to his mother, "Woman, look, here is your son!" 27 He then said to his disciple, "Look, here is your mother!" From that very time the disciple took her into his own home.
Death of Jesus – 3pm (Mt 27:45-56; Mk 15:33-41; Lk 23:44-49; Jn 19:28-37) Mk 15:33 Now when it was about noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon, Lk 23:45 because the sun's light failed. Mk 15:34 Around three o'clock Jesus cried out with a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?" which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"
35 When some of the bystanders heard it they said, "Listen, he is calling for Elijah!" Jn 19:28 After this Jesus, realizing that by this time everything was completed, said (in order to fulfill the scripture),d "I am thirsty!" 29 A jar full of sour wine was there, so Mt 15:36 someone immediately ran, soaked a sponge with sour wine, put it on a hyssop stick, and Jn 19:28 lifted it to his mouth Mt 27:48 to drink.
a Most later manuscripts add Mk 15:28, "And the scripture was fulfilled that says, 'He was counted with the lawless ones.' "
b Many important manuscripts omit v. 34a.
c Ps 22:18
d Ps 69:21 or Ps 22:15
49 But the rest said, "Leave him alone! Let's see if Elijah will come to take him down and save him."a Jn 19:30 When he had received the sour wine, Mt 27:50 Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, "It is completed!" Jn 19:30 Then Jesus bowed his head, Lk 23:46 and calling out with a loud voice, said, "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!" And after he said this he breathed his last Jn 19:30 and gave up his spirit.
Mk 15:39 Now when the centurion, who stood in front of him, saw how he died, Lk 23:47 he praised God and said, "Certainly this man was innocent!"
Mt 27:51 Just then the temple curtain was torn in two, from top to bottom. The earth shook and the rocks were split apart. 52 And tombs were opened, and the bodies of many saints who had died were raised. 53 (They came out of the tombs after his resurrection and went into the holy city and appeared to many people.)
54 Now when the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and what took place, they were extremely terrified and said, "Truly this one was God's Son!" Lk 23:48 And all the crowds that had assembled for this spectacle, when they saw what had taken place, returned home beating their breasts.
49 All those who knew Jesus stood watching from a distance. Mk 15:40 Among them were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses (Joseph), and Salome Mt 27:56 the mother of the sons of Zebedee. Mk 15:41 When Jesus was in Galilee, they had followed him and given him support. Many other women who had come up with him to Jerusalem were there too.
Jn 19:31 Then, because it was the day of preparation, so that the bodies should not stay on the crosses on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was an especially important one), the Jewish leaders asked Pilate to have the victims' legs broken and the bodies taken down. 32 So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the two men who had been crucified with Jesus, first the one and then the other. 33 But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. 34 But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and blood and water flowed out immediately.
35 The person who saw it has testified (and his testimony is true, and he knows that he is telling the truth), so that you also may believe. 36 For these things happened so that the scripture would be fulfilled, "Not a bone of his will be broken."b 37 And again another scripture says, "They will look on the one whom they have pierced."c
Burial of Jesus (Mt 27:57-61; Mk 15:42-47; Lk 23:50-56; Jn 19:38-42) Mt 27:57 Now when it was evening,d there came a rich man from the Judean town of Arimathea named Joseph, Lk 23:50 a good and righteous man Mt 27:57 who was also a disciple of Jesus Jn 19:38 (but secretly, because he feared the Jewish leaders).. Mk 15:43 He was a highly regarded member of the council, who was himself looking forward to the kingdom of God. Lk 23:51 (He had not consented to their plan and action.) Mk 15:43 Joseph went boldly to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.
44 Pilate was surprised that Jesus was already dead. He called the centurion and asked him if he had been dead for some time. 45 When Pilate was informed by the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.
46 After Joseph bought a linen cloth, he took down the body. Jn 19:39 Nicodemus, the man who had previously come to Jesus at night, accompanied Joseph, carrying a mixture of myrrh and aloes weighing about seventy-five pounds. 40 Then they took Jesus' body and wrapped it, with the aromatic spices, in strips of linen cloth according to Jewish burial customs.e
41 Now at the place where Jesus was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden was Mt 27:60 Joseph's own new tomb that he had cut in the rock, Jn 19:41 where no one had yet been buried. 42 And so, because it was the
a Mark appears to have the one who gave Jesus the sponge of sour wine saying, "Leave him alone," instead of the rest of the people saying it as reported by Matthew.
b Ex 12:46; Nm 9:12; Ps 34:20
c Zec 12:10
d Late afternoon, before 6pm or sunset
e See Appendix XI. "Harmonizing Anointing Jesus' Body"
Jewish day of preparation Mk 15: 42(that is, the day before the Sabbath),a Jn 19:42 and the tomb was nearby, they placed Jesus' body there. Mt 27:60 Then they rolled a great stone across the entrance of the tomb and went away.
Lk 23:55 The women who had accompanied Jesus from Galilee followed, Mk 15:47 Mary Magdalene and the other Mary the mother of Joses. Mt 27:61 Sitting there, opposite the tomb, Mk 15:47 they saw where the body was placed. Lk
23:56 Then they returned and prepared aromatic spices and perfumes. On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.
SATURDAY
Tomb is Secured (Mt 27:62-66: Mk 16:1)
Mt 27:62 The next day (which is after the day of preparation) the chief priests and the Pharisees assembled before Pilate 63 and said, "Sir, we remember that while that deceiver was still alive he said, 'After three days I will rise again.' 64 So give orders to secure the tomb until the third day. Otherwise his disciples may come and steal his body and say to the people, 'He has been raised from the dead,' and the last deception will be worse than the first."
65 Pilate said to them, "Take a guard of soldiers. Go and make it as secure as you can." 66 So they went with the soldiers of the guard and made the tomb secure by sealing the stone.
Mk 16:1 When the Sabbath was over,b Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought aromatic spices so that they might go and anoint Jesus.
SUNDAY The Resurrection
Disciples Go to the Tombc - Morning (Mt 28:1-10; Mk 16:2-8; Lk 24:1-12; Jn 20:1-30)
Jn 20:1 While it was still dark, Mk 16:2 very early on the first day of the week, at sunrise, Mt 28:1 they [Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome] went to look at the tomb, Lk 24:1 taking the aromatic spices they had prepared. Mk 16:3 They had been asking each other, "Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?"
Mt 28:2 Suddenly there was a severe earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descending from heaven came and rolled away the stone and sat on it. 3 His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. 4 The guards were shaken and became like dead men because they were so afraid of him.
Jn 20:1 The women came to the tomb, and looking up saw that the stone, Mk 16:4 which was very large, had been rolled Jn 20:1 away from the entrance to the tomb. Lk 24:3 When they went in, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.
Jn 20:2 Mary Magdalene went running to Simon Peter and the other disciple whom Jesus loved and told them, "They have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we don't know where they have put him!"
Lk 24:4 [Meanwhile, the women remaining in the tomb] were perplexed about this. Suddenly two men stood beside them in dazzling attire, Mk 16:5 one a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side. Lk 24:5 The women were terribly frightened and bowed their faces to the ground.
Mt 28:5 But the angel said to the women, "Do not be afraid; I know that you are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. Lk 24:5 But why do you look for the living among the dead? Mt 28:6 He is not here, for he has been raised, just as he said. Come and see the place where he was lying. Lk 24:6 Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee, 7 that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and on the third day rise again." 8 Then the women remembered Jesus' words.
a Sabbath began at 6pm, or sunset, on Friday.
b 6pm or sunset on Saturday
c See Appendix XII. "Harmonizing Visits to Tomb."
Mt 28:5 The angel said to the women, 7 "Go quickly and tell his disciples, even Peter, 'He has been raised from the dead. He is going ahead of you into Galilee. You will see him there Mk 16:7 just as he told you.' Mt 28:7 Listen, I have told you!"
8 So, they left the tomb quickly, with fear and great joy, Mk 16:8 for terror and bewilderment had seized them. And they said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid. Mt 28:9 But Jesus met them, saying, "Greetings!" They came to him, held on to his feet and worshiped him. 10 Then Jesus said to them, "Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee. They will see me there."
Lk 24:9 When they returned from the tomb they told all these things to the eleven and to all the rest. 10 Now it was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them who told these things to the apostles. 11 But these words seemed like pure nonsense to them, and they did not believe them.
Jn 20:3 Then Peter and the other disciple [John] set out to go to the tomb. 4 The two were running together, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter and reached the tomb first. 5 He bent down and saw the strips of linen cloth lying there, but he did not go in. 6 Then Simon Peter, who had been following him, arrived, Lk 24:12 bent down Jn 20:6 and went right into the tomb. He saw only the strips of linen cloth lying there, 7 and the face cloth, which had been around Jesus' head, not lying with the strips of linen cloth but rolled up in a place by itself.
8 Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, came in, and he saw and believed. 9 (For they did not yet understand the scripture that Jesus must rise from the dead.) 10 So the disciples went back to their homes, Lk 24:12 wondering [marveling at] what had happened.
Jn 20:11 Mary [went back and] stood outside the tomb weeping. As she wept, she bent down and looked into the tomb. 12 And she saw two angels in white sitting where Jesus' body had been lying, one at the head and one at the feet. 13 They said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping?"
Mary replied, "They have taken my Lord away, and I do not know where they have put him!" 14 When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not know that it was Jesus.
15 Jesus said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?" Because she thought he was the gardener, she said to him, "Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will take him."
16 Jesus said to her, "Mary." She turned and said to him in Aramaic, "Rabboni" (which means Teacher). 17 Jesus replied, "Do not touch me, for I have not yet ascended to my Father. Go to my brothers and tell them, 'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.' "
18 Mary Magdalene came and informed the disciples, "I have seen the Lord!" And she told them what Jesus had said to her.