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Palm Sunday
Triumphal entry into Jerusalem
βPalm Sunday,βΒ by Eric Huntsman, blog with link to readings, photos, and music.
All four Gospels report the events of the triumphal entry. Jesus mourns over Jerusalem, his disciples procure a donkey, and crowds greet him with palm fronds.
βThe Way of the Disciple,βΒ by Dieter F. Uchtdorf, General Conference April 2009
As we study Jesusβs atonement, we know that now is the time to become his disciples and walk in his way.
Monday
Cleansing the temple
βMonday,βΒ by Eric Huntsman, blog
Jesus appears to have spent most of this day in the courts of the Temple, where he was questioned by the authorities and taught the people.
Tuesday
Teaching in Jerusalem
βThe Question of Authority and Jesusβs Parable of the Two Sons in Matthew 21,βΒ by John W. Welch,Β BYU New Testament Commentary
Several significant points are embedded in this instructive story as this parable takes the question of authority into divine realms. Involved here is no ordinary father, no ordinary vineyard, or any ordinary pair of sons.
βA Warning to the Jews (Matt. 23),βΒ Richard D. Draper,Β BYU New Testament Commentary
The revelation that flowed on Tuesday, two days after the triumphal entry, was mostly startling, and some of it was frightening.
βTuesday,βΒ by Eric Huntsman, blog
Jesus taught again in the temple, and the authorities attempted to catch Jesus in his words.
Wednesday
Continued teaching
βJesus is Anointed (Mark 14:1-11),βΒ by Julie M. Smith, fromΒ The Gospel According to Mark.Β
The anointing story is the narrative bridge between Jesusβ life and death; it is both the last story relating events from the daily life and the first part of the story of his death. It is the hinge between the accounts of his life and his death; its location in the text mirrors its theological function since the anointing story explores the link between Jesusβ life and death.
βSeven Versions of Jesusβ Prophecy on the Mount of Olives,βΒ by S. Kent Brown,Β BYUΒ New Testament Commentary.Β
This part of the Gospels includes the story of the poor widowβs two mites placed interestingly before the sermon about the fate of Jerusalem.
βWednesday,βΒ by Eric Huntsman, blog.
The Gospel of Mark allows three events on Wednesday: the plot of the Jewish leadership against Jesus, the story of an unnamed woman in Bethany anointing Jesusβ head, and Judasβ decision to betray Jesus.
Passover Thursday
The Passover and Christβs Suffering in the Garden of Gethsemane
βFarewell Discourses and the High Priestly Prayer,βΒ Eric D. Huntsman,Β BYU New Testament Commentary
The Gospel of John enriches our understanding of the evets and teaching of Jesusβ last night with passages that include Jesusβ last discourses and his beautiful Intercessory Prayer (John 13:31–17:26)
βDating the Death of Jesus Christ,βΒ Jeffrey R. Chadwick,Β BYU Studies, Volume 54, no.4
While we canβt be certain, evidence suggests that Jesus was crucified on a Thursday in the spring of AD 30, on the eve of Passover, the 14-day Jewish month Nisan, which in that year fell on April 6 in the old Julian calendar.
βJohnβs Account of the Last Supper: The Lamb of God: Unique Aspects of the Passion Narrative in John,βΒ Eric D. Huntsman,Β BYU New Testament Commentary
Johnβs account of the Last Supper contains unique elements recorded nowhere else.
βMaundy Thursday,βΒ Eric Huntsman, blog
This day tells of the Last Supper, the sacrament instituted, the washing of the disciples feet, and most of all, the prayer and agony in the Garden of Gethsemane.
Saturday
Christ’s body lies in the tomb while his spirit ministers in the spirit world
βSaturday,βΒ Eric Huntsman, blog
The only event the gospels record for the day after the crucifixion is the posting of a guard at the tomb at the request of the chief priests and Pharisees (Matthew 27:62–66). Because this was ostensibly Saturday, the Jewish Sabbath, Jesusβ family and friends stayed away from the tomb that day.
βThe Great World of the Spirits of the Dead: Death, the Great War, and the 1918 Influenza Pandemic as Context for Doctrine and Covenants 138,βΒ George S. Tate,Β BYU Studies 46, no. 1.
In October 1918, Smith received a comforting vision of Godβs live and of Christ and saints ministering and preaching the gospel among the spirits of the dead. The vision teaches that the dead who repent will be redeemed and become heirs of salvation.
Sunday
The appearance of the resurrected Christ
βEaster or Resurrection Sunday,βΒ Eric Huntsman, blog
With the rays of the morning sun, the agony of Thursday, the pain and grief of Friday, and the separation of Saturday suddenly melted away in the joy of the first Easter.
βBehold the Man!βΒ Dieter F. Uchtdorf, General Conference April 2018
Pilate instructs the crowd to behold the man Jesus. Those who find a way to truly behold the Man find the doorway to lifeβs greatest joys and the balm to lifeβs most demanding despairs.
βThe Gift of Grace,βΒ Dieter F. Uchtdorf, General Conference April 2015
On Easter Sunday we celebrate the most long-awaited and glorious event in the history of the world. It is the day that changed everything.
βThe Atonement and the Resurrection,βΒ D. Todd Christofferson, Religious Educator
Elder Christofferson takes us back to the feelings of Jesusβ followers as they felt confusion and grief after the Crucifixion.
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