- Jesus departed from the Mount of Olives
- Jesus told the disciples to go ahead and find a donkey
- Jesus rode the donkey into Jersusalem with cloaks blanketing the road
- Pharisees challenge Jesus to quiet the crowd
- Jesus replies: "I tell you, if they were to keep silent, the very stones would cry out!"
THE PASSION (LUKE 22:14-23:56)
- The Last Supper
- Passover preparations were underway
- Satan possessed Judas Iscariot and he offers to deliver Jesus to the Temple Guards
- Jesus asks disciples to prepare seder and offers first communion
- Jesus explains the upcoming betrayal
- Mount of Olives
- Jesus prays, the disciples fall asleep during their vigil
- Judas and Temple Guards appear and arrest Jesus
- A disciple cut off a guard's ear and Jesus heals it
- Disciples flee for fear of their arrest
- Peter denies Jesus three times before the dawn
- Crucifixion
Jesus was brought before the council and Pontius Pilate- The crowd demanded the release of Barabbus and Jesus was sentenced to be crucified
- Jesus carried the cross through the city and was crucified
- There was an eclipse before Jesus died, and the curtain in the sanctuary was torn in two
- Jesus was laid in a tomb with a boulder placed in front of it
From Palms to Passion: The Story of Jesus’ Last Days in Jerusalem for Palm/Passion Sunday (Year C) was written by John A. Nelson, Pastor and Teacher of Niantic Community Church, Niantic, Connecticut
