John says that Jesus arrived in Bethany six days before the Passover. According to John Passover was eaten Friday night. John repeatedly says that the Jewish leaders wanted to eliminate Jesus before the Passover meal began John According to Jewish regulations, the slaughter of the Passover lambs in the Temple began at in the afternoon on the 14th of Nisan and they were to be eaten after nightfall. As Paul wrote in I Corinthians 5. The problem here is that according to Mark and the other Gospels, Jesus ate the Passover with his disciples in the upper room the night before his crucifixion.
In Mark Now John agrees that Jesus did share a Last Supper with his disciples on Thursday night in the upper room prior to his betrayal and arrest.
Various solutions have been offered to this puzzle. One of the most plausible is that due to competing calendars that were in use in first century Palestine, the sacrifices may have been made on more than one day. You see, the Pharisees and people from Galilee reckoned days as beginning at sunrise and ending at the following sunrise.
But Sadducees and people from Judea reckoned days as beginning at sunset and ending with the next sunset. In our modern age, we adopt what I think is the rather weird convention that the day begins in the middle of the night at midnight and goes until the next midnight. Well, this difference in reckoning days completely throws off the dating of certain events, as you can see on the following chart Fig. According to the Galilean reckoning, the 14th of Nisan begins about a. So when the Galilean, following Jewish regulations, slays the Passover lamb on the afternoon of 14 Nisan, what day does he do it on?
But when the Judean offers his lamb in sacrifice on the afternoon of the 14th of Nisan, what day is that? When night falls, he then feasts on the lamb, by his reckoning, on 15 Nisan. Thus, in order to meet the demands of both Galilean-Pharisaical sensibilities and of Judean-Sadduccean sensibilities, the Temple priesthood would have to have made Passover sacrifices on both Thursday and Friday.
Although we have no evidence that Passover sacrifices were made on both days, such a solution is very plausible. The population of Jerusalem swelled to around , people during the Passover festival. They must have sacrificed on more than one day, which makes it entirely possible for Jesus and his disciples to celebrate the Passover Thursday night prior to his arrest. Depending on how long he stayed in Bethany, he entered Jerusalem either the following day, Sunday, or else Monday.
Since Jesus and his disciples would be returning to the Roman road from Bethany, the village where the colt is tied is probably Bethphage. Jesus sends two of his disciples on ahead to bring the colt to him so that he may ride down the descent of the Mount of Olives, across the Kidron Valley, and in through the so-called Golden Gate in the eastern wall into the Temple court.
The other Gospels tell us that Jesus chose a donkey. Donkeys are strong pack animals that were widely used as beasts of burden. Mark wants us to see that Jesus in not the hapless victim of events which are spinning out of control; rather he remains the sovereign master of his fate as he chooses to go to the cross.
This emphasis is even more evident in Mark Mark Jesus is displaying the credentials of a true prophet. Then you will go on further from there, and you will come as far as the oak of Tabor, and there three men. Afterward you will come to. Then the Spirit of the Lord will come upon you. In I Samuel On the journey from Galilee to Jerusalem he had taken the Twelve disciples aside and told them,.
And they will mock him and spit on him and flog him and kill him. In fact, it is something of an understatement to say that these events did not catch Jesus by surprise. With his triumphal entry into Jerusalem Jesus deliberately set the ball rolling that would by the end of the week crush him under its weight.
In order to appreciate what happens next, you need to understand something of the Jewish feelings toward Rome. Although Israel had returned from its exile in Babylon hundreds of years earlier, the golden age predicted by the prophets had not yet materialized. Instead Israel labored under the oppressive military dictatorship of a pagan nation.
The Jews chafed under the yoke of Roman rule. In the meantime, Israel was a cauldron of unrest. The Old Testament prophets spoke of the coming of such a Davidic king, and Jews longed for the fulfillment of their prophecies. Jesus came not as a political conqueror, but as the Messiah-King, Savior of souls, and giver of eternal life.
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Measure content performance. Develop and improve products. List of Partners vendors. Share Flipboard Email. Jack Zavada. Christianity Expert. Jack Zavada is a writer who covers the Bible, theology, and other Christianity topics. Updated January 13, God never missed an opportunity to use powerful symbols throughout Scripture. Prior to entering Jerusalem, Christ instructed his disciples to acquire for him a donkey Matthew Download and print this beautiful devotional for praying through the Holy Week.
He is humble and riding on an ass, on a colt, the foal of an ass. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Jesus is the true Davidic Messiah and king.
In the ancient Middle Eastern world, leaders rode horses if they rode to war, but donkeys if they came in peace. First Kings mentions Solomon riding a donkey on the day he was recognized as the new king of Israel. Other instances of leaders riding donkeys are Judges ; ; ; and 2 Samuel He will proclaim peace to the nations. His rule will extend from sea to sea and from the River to the ends of the earth. Jesus fulfills this prediction of Zechariah.
Isaac, a type of Christ, rides a donkey to be slain by his father Abraham on the altar Genesis He will tether his donkey to a vine, his colt to the choicest branch; he will wash his garments in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes.
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