Because of an ambiguity that sometimes occurs with the sighting of the new moon that marked the start of the month, on Wednesday evening of Passion Week Jesus celebrated the Passover a day earlier than the religious leaders in Jerusalem. This providence of God allowed Him to both establish the Lord’s Supper with its greater…
At Jesus’ last Passover celebration, where bread and wine were shared to commemorate the deliverance of God’s people from their bondage in Egypt, He established the Lord’s Supper, imparting even greater meaning to those elements that typified the even greater salvation from their bondage to sin He was about to accomplish. Matthew records that after…
In the garden of Gethsemane Jesus was seized by a mob sent from the religious leaders and led by Judas. He could easily have escaped, knowing what was coming upon Him, and was sorely tempted to do so, even sweating drops of blood (Luk 22:44). But through prayer He had subjected Himself to the Father…
In the middle of Wednesday night of Passion Week, immediately after surrendering Himself to the Father’s will in the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus was seized by a mob sent from the religious leaders and led by Judas. However, having failed to keep watch, Peter was not led by the same Holy Spirit of sacrifice that…
In the middle of Wednesday night of Passion week Judas arrived at the Garden of Gethsemane on the Mount of Olives leading a mob from the Jewish religious leaders to arrest Jesus. He knew where Jesus would be, for He was accustomed to stay there with His disciples during the feasts (Luk 22:39, Joh 18:2).…
In the Garden of Gethsemane on Wednesday night of Passion week Jesus was identified by Judas with a kiss and seized by those he led from the Sanhedrin to arrest Him. Having emerged victorious through prayer from the fear of suffering that had crushed Him for His Holy Spirit which would be poured out for…
Jesus is in the garden of Gethsemane where He was crushed as in an olive press by the terrors of His approaching suffering for the oil of His Holy Spirit that subjects one’s own will to the will of the Father, even unto death. It was this oil of His Spirit that was poured out…
Following Jesus’ last Passover on Wednesday evening of Passion Week in the upper room He retired with His disciples to the garden of Gethsemane on the Mount of Olives where He was accustomed to stay during the Jewish feasts. Although sorely tempted to escape the cup of suffering that was about to befall Him, through…
Jesus is in the garden of Gethsemane with His disciples, sans Judas, who has just arrived with a mob from the Sanhedrin to arrest Him. It is the middle of Wednesday night and the start of the Jewish feast of Unleavened Bread that commenced with the Passover meal at sundown just hours prior. But for…
It is late Wednesday evening of Passion week after Jesus has celebrated the Passover with His disciples. According to Jewish understanding the Passover marked the start of a new day that began at sunset. For Jesus and His disciples it was the 15th of the first month and the start of the Feast of Unleavened…