Holy Week Timeline: Bible Verses and Meaning

1Now when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,

2saying to them, "Go into the village in front of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me.

3If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, 'The Lord needs them,' and he will send them at once."

4This took place to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet, saying,

5"Say to the daughter of Zion, 'Behold, your king is coming to you, humble, and mounted on a donkey, and on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden.'"

6The disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them.

7They brought the donkey and the colt and put on them their cloaks, and he sat on them.

8Most of the crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.

9And the crowds that went before him and that followed him were shouting, "Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!"

10And when he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred up, saying, "Who is this?"

11And the crowds said, "This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee."

12And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons.

13He said to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer,' but you make it a den of robbers."

14And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them.

15But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying out in the temple, "Hosanna to the Son of David!" they were indignant,

16and they said to him, "Do you hear what these are saying?" And Jesus said to them, "Yes; have you never read,"'Out of the mouth of infants and nursing babies you have prepared praise'?"

17And leaving them, he went out of the city to Bethany and lodged there.

18In the morning, as he was returning to the city, he became hungry.

19And seeing a fig tree by the wayside, he went to it and found nothing on it but only leaves. And he said to it, "May no fruit ever come from you again!" And the fig tree withered at once.

20When the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, "How did the fig tree wither at once?"

21And Jesus answered them, "Truly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, 'Be taken up and thrown into the sea,' it will happen.

22And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith."

23And when he entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching, and said, "By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?"

24Jesus answered them, "I also will ask you one question, and if you tell me the answer, then I also will tell you by what authority I do these things.

25The baptism of John, from where did it come? From heaven or from man?" And they discussed it among themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say to us, 'Why then did you not believe him?'

26But if we say, 'From man,'we are afraid of the crowd, for they all hold that John was a prophet."

27So they answered Jesus, "We do not know." And he said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.

28"What do you think? A man had two sons. And he went to the first and said, 'Son, go and work in the vineyard today.'

29And he answered, 'I will not,' but afterward he changed his mind and went.

30And he went to the other son and said the same. And he answered, 'I go, sir,' but did not go.

31Which of the two did the will of his father?" They said, "The first." Jesus said to them, "Truly, I say to you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes go into the kingdom of God before you.

32For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. And even when you saw it, you did not afterward change your minds and believe him.

33"Hear another parable. There was a master of a house who planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a winepress in it and built a tower and leased it to tenants, and went into another country.

34When the season for fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to get his fruit.

35And the tenants took his servants and beat one, killed another, and stoned another.

36Again he sent other servants, more than the first. And they did the same to them.

37Finally he sent his son to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.'

38But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, 'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and have his inheritance.'

39And they took him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.

40When therefore the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?"

41They said to him, "He will put those wretches to a miserable death and let out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him the fruits in their seasons."

42Jesus said to them, "Have you never read in the Scriptures:"'The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; this was the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes'?

43Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people producing its fruits.

44And the one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; and when it falls on anyone, it will crush him."

45When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he was speaking about them.

46And although they were seeking to arrest him, they feared the crowds, because they held him to be a prophet.

Mark 11

1Now when they drew near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples

2and said to them, "Go into the village in front of you, and immediately as you enter it you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it.

3If anyone says to you, 'Why are you doing this?' say, 'The Lord has need of it and will send it back here immediately.'"

4And they went away and found a colt tied at a door outside in the street, and they untied it.

5And some of those standing there said to them, "What are you doing, untying the colt?"

6And they told them what Jesus had said, and they let them go.

7And they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks on it, and he sat on it.

8And many spread their cloaks on the road, and others spread leafy branches that they had cut from the fields.

9And those who went before and those who followed were shouting, "Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!

10Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David! Hosanna in the highest!"

11And he entered Jerusalem and went into the temple. And when he had looked around at everything, as it was already late, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.

12On the following day, when they came from Bethany, he was hungry.

13And seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to see if he could find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs.

14And he said to it, "May no one ever eat fruit from you again." And his disciples heard it.

15And they came to Jerusalem. And he entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold and those who bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons.

16And he would not allow anyone to carry anything through the temple.

17And he was teaching them and saying to them, "Is it not written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations'? But you have made it a den of robbers."

18And the chief priests and the scribes heard it and were seeking a way to destroy him, for they feared him, because all the crowd was astonished at his teaching.

19And when evening came they went out of the city.

20As they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered away to its roots.

21And Peter remembered and said to him, "Rabbi, look! The fig tree that you cursed has withered."

22And Jesus answered them, "Have faith in God.

23Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, 'Be taken up and thrown into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him.

24Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

25And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses."

27And they came again to Jerusalem. And as he was walking in the temple, the chief priests and the scribes and the elders came to him,

28and they said to him, "By what authority are you doing these things, or who gave you this authority to do them?"

29Jesus said to them, "I will ask you one question; answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.

30Was the baptism of John from heaven or from man? Answer me."

31And they discussed it with one another, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say, 'Why then did you not believe him?'

32But shall we say, 'From man'?"--they were afraid of the people, for they all held that John really was a prophet.

33So they answered Jesus, "We do not know." And Jesus said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things."

Luke 19

1He entered Jericho and was passing through.

2And there was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector and was rich.

3And he was seeking to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was small of stature.

4So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was about to pass that way.

5And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, "Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for I must stay at your house today."

6So he hurried and came down and received him joyfully.

7And when they saw it, they all grumbled, "He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner."

8And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, "Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor. And if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I restore it fourfold."

9And Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this house, since he also is a son of Abraham.

10For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost."

11As they heard these things, he proceeded to tell a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem, and because they supposed that the kingdom of God was to appear immediately.

12He said therefore, "A nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and then return.

13Calling ten of his servants, he gave them ten minas, and said to them, 'Engage in business until I come.'

14But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, 'We do not want this man to reign over us.'

15When he returned, having received the kingdom, he ordered these servants to whom he had given the money to be called to him, that he might know what they had gained by doing business.

16The first came before him, saying, 'Lord, your mina has made ten minas more.'

17And he said to him, 'Well done, good servant! Because you have been faithful in a very little, you shall have authority over ten cities.'

18And the second came, saying, 'Lord, your mina has made five minas.'

19And he said to him, 'And you are to be over five cities.'

20Then another came, saying, 'Lord, here is your mina, which I kept laid away in a handkerchief;

21for I was afraid of you, because you are a severe man. You take what you did not deposit, and reap what you did not sow.'

22He said to him, 'I will condemn you with your own words, you wicked servant! You knew that I was a severe man, taking what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?

23Why then did you not put my money in the bank, and at my coming I might have collected it with interest?'

24And he said to those who stood by, 'Take the mina from him, and give it to the one who has the ten minas.'

25And they said to him, 'Lord, he has ten minas!'

26'I tell you that to everyone who has, more will be given, but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.

27But as for these enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and slaughter them before me.'"

28And when he had said these things, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.

29When he drew near to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount that is called Olivet, he sent two of the disciples,

30saying, "Go into the village in front of you, where on entering you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever yet sat. Untie it and bring it here.

31If anyone asks you, 'Why are you untying it?' you shall say this: 'The Lord has need of it.'"

32So those who were sent went away and found it just as he had told them.

33And as they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, "Why are you untying the colt?"

34And they said, "The Lord has need of it."

35And they brought it to Jesus, and throwing their cloaks on the colt, they set Jesus on it.

36And as he rode along, they spread their cloaks on the road.

37As he was drawing near--already on the way down the Mount of Olives--the whole multitude of his disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen,

38saying, "Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!"

39And some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him, "Teacher, rebuke your disciples."

40He answered, "I tell you, if these were silent, the very stones would cry out."

41And when he drew near and saw the city, he wept over it,

42saying, "Would that you, even you, had known on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.

43For the days will come upon you, when your enemies will set up a barricade around you and surround you and hem you in on every side

44and tear you down to the ground, you and your children within you. And they will not leave one stone upon another in you, because you did not know the time of your visitation."

45And he entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold,

46saying to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be a house of prayer,' but you have made it a den of robbers."

47And he was teaching daily in the temple. The chief priests and the scribes and the principal men of the people were seeking to destroy him,

48but they did not find anything they could do, for all the people were hanging on his words.

Luke 20

1One day, as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes with the elders came up

2and said to him, "Tell us by what authority you do these things, or who it is that gave you this authority."

3He answered them, "I also will ask you a question. Now tell me,

4was the baptism of John from heaven or from man?"

5And they discussed it with one another, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say, 'Why did you not believe him?'

6But if we say, 'From man,' all the people will stone us to death, for they are convinced that John was a prophet."

7So they answered that they did not know where it came from.

8And Jesus said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things."

9And he began to tell the people this parable: "A man planted a vineyard and let it out to tenants and went into another country for a long while.

10When the time came, he sent a servant to the tenants, so that they would give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat him and sent him away empty-handed.

11And he sent another servant. But they also beat and treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty-handed.

12And he sent yet a third. This one also they wounded and cast out.

13Then the owner of the vineyard said, 'What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps they will respect him.'

14But when the tenants saw him, they said to themselves, 'This is the heir. Let us kill him, so that the inheritance may be ours.'

15And they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?

16He will come and destroy those tenants and give the vineyard to others." When they heard this, they said, "Surely not!"

17But he looked directly at them and said, "What then is this that is written:"'The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone'?

18Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, and when it falls on anyone, it will crush him."

19The scribes and the chief priests sought to lay hands on him at that very hour, for they perceived that he had told this parable against them, but they feared the people.

20So they watched him and sent spies, who pretended to be sincere, that they might catch him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the authority and jurisdiction of the governor.

21So they asked him, "Teacher, we know that you speak and teach rightly, and show no partiality, but truly teach the way of God.

22Is it lawful for us to give tribute to Caesar, or not?"

23But he perceived their craftiness, and said to them,

24"Show me a denarius. Whose likeness and inscription does it have?" They said, "Caesar's."

25He said to them, "Then render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's."

26And they were not able in the presence of the people to catch him in what he said, but marveling at his answer they became silent.

27There came to him some Sadducees, those who deny that there is a resurrection,

28and they asked him a question, saying, "Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies, having a wife but no children, the man must take the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.

29Now there were seven brothers. The first took a wife, and died without children.

30And the second

31and the third took her, and likewise all seven left no children and died.

32Afterward the woman also died.

33In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife will the woman be? For the seven had her as wife."

34And Jesus said to them, "The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage,

35but those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and to the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage,

36for they cannot die anymore, because they are equal to angels and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.

37But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed, in the passage about the bush, where he calls the Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.

38Now he is not God of the dead, but of the living, for all live to him."

39Then some of the scribes answered, "Teacher, you have spoken well."

40For they no longer dared to ask him any question.

41But he said to them, "How can they say that the Christ is David's son?

42For David himself says in the Book of Psalms,"'The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand,

43until I make your enemies your footstool.'

44David thus calls him Lord, so how is he his son?"

45And in the hearing of all the people he said to his disciples,

46"Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at feasts,

47who devour widows' houses and for a pretense make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation."

John 12

1Six days before the Passover, Jesus therefore came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.

2So they gave a dinner for him there. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those reclining with him at table.

3Mary therefore took a pound of expensive ointment made from pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

4But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (he who was about to betray him), said,

5"Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?"

6He said this, not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief, and having charge of the moneybag he used to help himself to what was put into it.

7Jesus said, "Leave her alone, so that she may keep it for the day of my burial.

8For the poor you always have with you, but you do not always have me."

9When the large crowd of the Jews learned that Jesus was there, they came, not only on account of him but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.

10So the chief priests made plans to put Lazarus to death as well,

11because on account of him many of the Jews were going away and believing in Jesus.

12The next day the large crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem.

13So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, crying out, "Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel!"

14And Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, just as it is written,

15"Fear not, daughter of Zion; behold, your king is coming, sitting on a donkey's colt!"

16His disciples did not understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written about him and had been done to him.

17The crowd that had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to bear witness.

18The reason why the crowd went to meet him was that they heard he had done this sign.

19So the Pharisees said to one another, "You see that you are gaining nothing. Look, the world has gone after him."

20Now among those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks.

21So these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, "Sir, we wish to see Jesus."

22Philip went and told Andrew; Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus.

23And Jesus answered them, "The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.

24Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.

25Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

26If anyone serves me, he must follow me; and where I am, there will my servant be also. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.

27"Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? 'Father, save me from this hour'? But for this purpose I have come to this hour.

28Father, glorify your name." Then a voice came from heaven: "I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again."

29The crowd that stood there and heard it said that it had thundered. Others said, "An angel has spoken to him."

30Jesus answered, "This voice has come for your sake, not mine.

31Now is the judgment of this world; now will the ruler of this world be cast out.

32And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself."

33He said this to show by what kind of death he was going to die.

34So the crowd answered him, "We have heard from the Law that the Christ remains forever. How can you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?"

35So Jesus said to them, "The light is among you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.

36While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light." When Jesus had said these things, he departed and hid himself from them.

37Though he had done so many signs before them, they still did not believe in him,

38so that the word spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled:"Lord, who has believed what he heard from us, and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?"

39Therefore they could not believe. For again Isaiah said,

40"He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, lest they see with their eyes, and understand with their heart, and turn, and I would heal them."

41Isaiah said these things because he saw his glory and spoke of him.

42Nevertheless, many even of the authorities believed in him, but for fear of the Pharisees they did not confess it, so that they would not be put out of the synagogue;

43for they loved the glory that comes from man more than the glory that comes from God.

44And Jesus cried out and said, "Whoever believes in me, believes not in me but in him who sent me.

45And whoever sees me sees him who sent me.

46I have come into the world as light, so that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness.

47If anyone hears my words and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world.

48The one who rejects me and does not receive my words has a judge; the word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day.

49For I have not spoken on my own authority, but the Father who sent me has himself given me a commandment--what to say and what to speak.

50And I know that his commandment is eternal life. What I say, therefore, I say as the Father has told me."

Matthew 26

1When Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said to his disciples,

2"You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified."

3Then the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered in the palace of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,

4and plotted together in order to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.

5But they said, "Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar among the people."

6Now when Jesus was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper,

7a woman came up to him with an alabaster flask of very expensive ointment, and she poured it on his head as he reclined at table.

8And when the disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, "Why this waste?

9For this could have been sold for a large sum and given to the poor."

10But Jesus, aware of this, said to them, "Why do you trouble the woman? For she has done a beautiful thing to me.

11For you always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me.

12In pouring this ointment on my body, she has done it to prepare me for burial.

13Truly, I say to you, wherever this gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her."

14Then one of the twelve, whose name was Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests

15and said, "What will you give me if I deliver him over to you?" And they paid him thirty pieces of silver.

16And from that moment he sought an opportunity to betray him.

17Now on the first day of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying, "Where will you have us prepare for you to eat the Passover?"

18He said, "Go into the city to a certain man and say to him, 'The Teacher says, My time is at hand. I will keep the Passover at your house with my disciples.'"

19And the disciples did as Jesus had directed them, and they prepared the Passover.

20When it was evening, he reclined at table with the twelve.

21And as they were eating, he said, "Truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me."

22And they were very sorrowful and began to say to him one after another, "Is it I, Lord?"

23He answered, "He who has dipped his hand in the dish with me will betray me.

24The Son of Man goes as it is written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had not been born."

25Judas, who would betray him, answered, "Is it I, Rabbi?" He said to him, "You have said so."

26Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, "Take, eat; this is my body."

27And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, saying, "Drink of it, all of you,

28for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.

29I tell you I will not drink again of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom."

30And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

31Then Jesus said to them, "You will all fall away because of me this night. For it is written, 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'

32But after I am raised up, I will go before you to Galilee."

33Peter answered him, "Though they all fall away because of you, I will never fall away."

34Jesus said to him, "Truly, I tell you, this very night, before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times."

35Peter said to him, "Even if I must die with you, I will not deny you!" And all the disciples said the same.

36Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to his disciples, "Sit here, while I go over there and pray."

37And taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and troubled.

38Then he said to them, "My soul is very sorrowful, even to death; remain here, and watch with me."

39And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, saying, "My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will."

40And he came to the disciples and found them sleeping. And he said to Peter, "So, could you not watch with me one hour?

41Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."

42Again, for the second time, he went away and prayed, "My Father, if this cannot pass unless I drink it, your will be done."

43And again he came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.

44So, leaving them again, he went away and prayed for the third time, saying the same words again.

45Then he came to the disciples and said to them, "Sleep and take your rest later on. See, the hour is at hand, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

46Rise, let us be going; see, my betrayer is at hand."

47While he was still speaking, Judas came, one of the twelve, and with him a great crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the elders of the people.

48Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, "The one I will kiss is the man; seize him."

49And he came up to Jesus at once and said, "Greetings, Rabbi!" And he kissed him.

50Jesus said to him, "Friend, do what you came to do." Then they came up and laid hands on Jesus and seized him.

51And behold, one of those who were with Jesus stretched out his hand and drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest and cut off his ear.

52Then Jesus said to him, "Put your sword back into its place. For all who take the sword will perish by the sword.

53Do you think that I cannot appeal to my Father, and he will at once send me more than twelve legions of angels?

54But how then should the Scriptures be fulfilled, that it must be so?"

55At that hour Jesus said to the crowds, "Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs to capture me? Day after day I sat in the temple teaching, and you did not seize me.

56But all this has taken place that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled." Then all the disciples left him and fled.

57Then those who had seized Jesus led him to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders had gathered.

58And Peter was following him at a distance, as far as the courtyard of the high priest, and going inside he sat with the guards to see the end.

59Now the chief priests and the whole Councilwere seeking false testimony against Jesus that they might put him to death,

60but they found none, though many false witnesses came forward. At last two came forward

61and said, "This man said, 'I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to rebuild it in three days.'"

62And the high priest stood up and said, "Have you no answer to make? What is it that these men testify against you?"

63But Jesus remained silent. And the high priest said to him, "I adjure you by the living God, tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God."

64Jesus said to him, "You have said so. But I tell you, from now on you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of Power and coming on the clouds of heaven."

65Then the high priest tore his robes and said, "He has uttered blasphemy. What further witnesses do we need? You have now heard his blasphemy.

66What is your judgment?" They answered, "He deserves death."

67Then they spit in his face and struck him. And some slapped him,

68saying, "Prophesy to us, you Christ! Who is it that struck you?"

69Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. And a servant girl came up to him and said, "You also were with Jesus the Galilean."

70But he denied it before them all, saying, "I do not know what you mean."

71And when he went out to the entrance, another servant girl saw him, and she said to the bystanders, "This man was with Jesus of Nazareth."

72And again he denied it with an oath: "I do not know the man."

73After a little while the bystanders came up and said to Peter, "Certainly you too are one of them, for your accent betrays you."

74Then he began to invoke a curse on himself and to swear, "I do not know the man." And immediately the rooster crowed.

75And Peter remembered the saying of Jesus, "Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times." And he went out and wept bitterly.

Mark 14

1It was now two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to arrest him by stealth and kill him,

2for they said, "Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar from the people."

3And while he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he was reclining at table, a woman came with an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard, very costly, and she broke the flask and poured it over his head.

4There were some who said to themselves indignantly, "Why was the ointment wasted like that?

5For this ointment could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii and given to the poor." And they scolded her.

6But Jesus said, "Leave her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a beautiful thing to me.

7For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you want, you can do good for them. But you will not always have me.

8She has done what she could; she has anointed my body beforehand for burial.

9And truly, I say to you, wherever the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will be told in memory of her."

10Then Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went to the chief priests in order to betray him to them.

11And when they heard it, they were glad and promised to give him money. And he sought an opportunity to betray him.

12And on the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they sacrificed the Passover lamb, his disciples said to him, "Where will you have us go and prepare for you to eat the Passover?"

13And he sent two of his disciples and said to them, "Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him,

14and wherever he enters, say to the master of the house, 'The Teacher says, Where is my guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?'

15And he will show you a large upper room furnished and ready; there prepare for us."

16And the disciples set out and went to the city and found it just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover.

17And when it was evening, he came with the twelve.

18And as they were reclining at table and eating, Jesus said, "Truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me, one who is eating with me."

19They began to be sorrowful and to say to him one after another, "Is it I?"

20He said to them, "It is one of the twelve, one who is dipping bread into the dish with me.

21For the Son of Man goes as it is written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had not been born."

22And as they were eating, he took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to them, and said, "Take; this is my body."

23And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, and they all drank of it.

24And he said to them, "This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many.

25Truly, I say to you, I will not drink again of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God."

26And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

27And Jesus said to them, "You will all fall away, for it is written, 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.'

28But after I am raised up, I will go before you to Galilee."

29Peter said to him, "Even though they all fall away, I will not."

30And Jesus said to him, "Truly, I tell you, this very night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times."

31But he said emphatically, "If I must die with you, I will not deny you." And they all said the same.

32And they went to a place called Gethsemane. And he said to his disciples, "Sit here while I pray."

33And he took with him Peter and James and John, and began to be greatly distressed and troubled.

34And he said to them, "My soul is very sorrowful, even to death. Remain here and watch."

35And going a little farther, he fell on the ground and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him.

36And he said, "Abba, Father, all things are possible for you. Remove this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will."

37And he came and found them sleeping, and he said to Peter, "Simon, are you asleep? Could you not watch one hour?

38Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."

39And again he went away and prayed, saying the same words.

40And again he came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were very heavy, and they did not know what to answer him.

41And he came the third time and said to them, "Are you still sleeping and taking your rest? It is enough; the hour has come. The Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

42Rise, let us be going; see, my betrayer is at hand."

43And immediately, while he was still speaking, Judas came, one of the twelve, and with him a crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.

44Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, "The one I will kiss is the man. Seize him and lead him away under guard."

45And when he came, he went up to him at once and said, "Rabbi!" And he kissed him.

46And they laid hands on him and seized him.

47But one of those who stood by drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest and cut off his ear.

48And Jesus said to them, "Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs to capture me?

49Day after day I was with you in the temple teaching, and you did not seize me. But let the Scriptures be fulfilled."

50And they all left him and fled.

51And a young man followed him, with nothing but a linen cloth about his body. And they seized him,

52but he left the linen cloth and ran away naked.

53And they led Jesus to the high priest. And all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes came together.

54And Peter had followed him at a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest. And he was sitting with the guards and warming himself at the fire.

55Now the chief priests and the whole Council were seeking testimony against Jesus to put him to death, but they found none.

56For many bore false witness against him, but their testimony did not agree.

57And some stood up and bore false witness against him, saying,

58"We heard him say, 'I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another, not made with hands.'"

59Yet even about this their testimony did not agree.

60And the high priest stood up in the midst and asked Jesus, "Have you no answer to make? What is it that these men testify against you?"

61But he remained silent and made no answer. Again the high priest asked him, "Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?"

62And Jesus said, "I am, and you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of heaven."

63And the high priest tore his garments and said, "What further witnesses do we need?

64You have heard his blasphemy. What is your decision?" And they all condemned him as deserving death.

65And some began to spit on him and to cover his face and to strike him, saying to him, "Prophesy!" And the guards received him with blows.

66And as Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the servant girls of the high priest came,

67and seeing Peter warming himself, she looked at him and said, "You also were with the Nazarene, Jesus."

68But he denied it, saying, "I neither know nor understand what you mean." And he went out into the gateway and the rooster crowed.

69And the servant girl saw him and began again to say to the bystanders, "This man is one of them."

70But again he denied it. And after a little while the bystanders again said to Peter, "Certainly you are one of them, for you are a Galilean."

71But he began to invoke a curse on himself and to swear, "I do not know this man of whom you speak."

72And immediately the rooster crowed a second time. And Peter remembered how Jesus had said to him, "Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times." And he broke down and wept.

Mark 15

1And as soon as it was morning, the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole Council. And they bound Jesus and led him away and delivered him over to Pilate.

2And Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" And he answered him, "You have said so."

3And the chief priests accused him of many things.

4And Pilate again asked him, "Have you no answer to make? See how many charges they bring against you."

5But Jesus made no further answer, so that Pilate was amazed.

6Now at the feast he used to release for them one prisoner for whom they asked.

7And among the rebels in prison, who had committed murder in the insurrection, there was a man called Barabbas.

8And the crowd came up and began to ask Pilate to do as he usually did for them.

9And he answered them, saying, "Do you want me to release for you the King of the Jews?"

10For he perceived that it was out of envy that the chief priests had delivered him up.

11But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release for them Barabbas instead.

12And Pilate again said to them, "Then what shall I do with the man you call the King of the Jews?"

13And they cried out again, "Crucify him."

14And Pilate said to them, "Why, what evil has he done?" But they shouted all the more, "Crucify him."

15So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released for them Barabbas, and having scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.

16And the soldiers led him away inside the palace (that is, the governor's headquarters), and they called together the whole battalion.

17And they clothed him in a purple cloak, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on him.

18And they began to salute him, "Hail, King of the Jews!"

19And they were striking his head with a reed and spitting on him and kneeling down in homage to him.

20And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the purple cloak and put his own clothes on him. And they led him out to crucify him.

21And they compelled a passerby, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross.

22And they brought him to the place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull).

23And they offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it.

24And they crucified him and divided his garments among them, casting lots for them, to decide what each should take.

25And it was the third hour when they crucified him.

26And the inscription of the charge against him read, "The King of the Jews."

27And with him they crucified two robbers, one on his right and one on his left.

29And those who passed by derided him, wagging their heads and saying, "Aha! You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,

30save yourself, and come down from the cross!"

31So also the chief priests with the scribes mocked him to one another, saying, "He saved others; he cannot save himself.

32Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross that we may see and believe."Those who were crucified with him also reviled him.

33And when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.

34And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?" which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"

35And some of the bystanders hearing it said, "Behold, he is calling Elijah."

36And someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a reed and gave it to him to drink, saying, "Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down."

37And Jesus uttered a loud cry and breathed his last.

38And the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom.

39And when the centurion, who stood facing him, saw that in this way he breathed his last, he said, "Truly this man was the Son of God!"

40There were also women looking on from a distance, among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome.

41When he was in Galilee, they followed him and ministered to him, and there were also many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.

42And when evening had come, since it was the day of Preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath,

43Joseph of Arimathea, a respected member of the Council, who was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, took courage and went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.

44Pilate was surprised to hear that he should have already died. And summoning the centurion, he asked him whether he was already dead.

45And when he learned from the centurion that he was dead, he granted the corpse to Joseph.

46And Joseph bought a linen shroud, and taking him down, wrapped him in the linen shroud and laid him in a tomb that had been cut out of the rock. And he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb.

47Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where he was laid.

Matthew 23:24-39

24You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.

25“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.

26Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and then the outside also will be clean.

27“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of the bones of the dead and everything unclean.

28In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.

29“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous.

30And you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our ancestors, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’

31So you testify against yourselves that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets.

32Go ahead, then, and complete what your ancestors started!

33“You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell?

34Therefore I am sending you prophets and sages and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify; others you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town.

35And so upon you will come all the righteous blood that has been shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berekiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.

36Truly I tell you, all this will come on this generation.

37“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing.

38Look, your house is left to you desolate.

39For I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.’”

Matthew 26:14-29

14Then one of the Twelve—the one called Judas Iscariot—went to the chief priests

15and asked, “What are you willing to give me if I deliver him over to you?” So they counted out for him thirty pieces of silver.

16From then on Judas watched for an opportunity to hand him over.

17On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do you want us to make preparations for you to eat the Passover?”

18He replied, “Go into the city to a certain man and tell him, ‘The Teacher says: My appointed time is near. I am going to celebrate the Passover with my disciples at your house.’ ”

19So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them and prepared the Passover.

20When evening came, Jesus was reclining at the table with the Twelve.

21And while they were eating, he said, “Truly I tell you, one of you will betray me.”

22They were very sad and began to say to him one after the other, “Surely you don’t mean me, Lord?”

23Jesus replied, “The one who has dipped his hand into the bowl with me will betray me.

24The Son of Man will go just as it is written about him. But woe to that man who betrays the Son of Man! It would be better for him if he had not been born.”

25Then Judas, the one who would betray him, said, “Surely you don’t mean me, Rabbi?” Jesus answered, “You have said so.”

26While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is my body.”

27Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you.

28This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.

29I tell you, I will not drink from this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.”

Luke 22:15-30

15And he said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.

16For I tell you, I will not eat it again until it finds fulfillment in the kingdom of God.”

17After taking the cup, he gave thanks and said, “Take this and divide it among you.

18For I tell you I will not drink again from the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.”

19And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.”

20In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.

21But the hand of him who is going to betray me is with mine on the table.

22The Son of Man will go as it has been decreed. But woe to that man who betrays him!”

23They began to question among themselves which of them it might be who would do this.

24A dispute also arose among them as to which of them was considered to be greatest.

25Jesus said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them; and those who exercise authority over them call themselves Benefactors.

26But you are not to be like that. Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who rules like the one who serves.

27For who is greater, the one who is at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who is at the table? But I am among you as one who serves.

28You are those who have stood by me in my trials.

29And I confer on you a kingdom, just as my Father conferred one on me,

30so that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Luke 22:19-38

19And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.”

20In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.

21But the hand of him who is going to betray me is with mine on the table.

22The Son of Man will go as it has been decreed. But woe to that man who betrays him!”

23They began to question among themselves which of them it might be who would do this.

24A dispute also arose among them as to which of them was considered to be greatest.

25Jesus said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them; and those who exercise authority over them call themselves Benefactors.

26But you are not to be like that. Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who rules like the one who serves.

27For who is greater, the one who is at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who is at the table? But I am among you as one who serves.

28You are those who have stood by me in my trials.

29And I confer on you a kingdom, just as my Father conferred one on me,

30so that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

31“Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift all of you as wheat.

32But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”

33But he replied, “Lord, I am ready to go with you to prison and to death.”

34Jesus answered, “I tell you, Peter, before the rooster crows today, you will deny three times that you know me.”

35Then Jesus asked them, “When I sent you without purse, bag or sandals, did you lack anything?”“Nothing,” they answered.

36He said to them, “But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you don’t have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one.

37It is written: ‘And he was numbered with the transgressors’; and I tell you that this must be fulfilled in me. Yes, what is written about me is reaching its fulfillment.”

38The disciples said, “See, Lord, here are two swords.” “That’s enough!” he replied.

John 19

1Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged.

2The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head. They clothed him in a purple robe

3and went up to him again and again, saying, “Hail, king of the Jews!” And they slapped him in the face.

4Once more Pilate came out and said to the Jews gathered there, “Look, I am bringing him out to you to let you know that I find no basis for a charge against him.”

5When Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe, Pilate said to them, “Here is the man!”

6As soon as the chief priests and their officials saw him, they shouted, “Crucify! Crucify!” But Pilate answered, “You take him and crucify him. As for me, I find no basis for a charge against him.”

7The Jewish leaders insisted, “We have a law, and according to that law he must die, because he claimed to be the Son of God.”

8When Pilate heard this, he was even more afraid,

9and he went back inside the palace. “Where do you come from?” he asked Jesus, but Jesus gave him no answer.

10“Do you refuse to speak to me?” Pilate said. “Don’t you realize I have power either to free you or to crucify you?”

11Jesus answered, “You would have no power over me if it were not given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed me over to you is guilty of a greater sin.”

12From then on, Pilate tried to set Jesus free, but the Jewish leaders kept shouting, “If you let this man go, you are no friend of Caesar. Anyone who claims to be a king opposes Caesar.”

13When Pilate heard this, he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judge’s seat at a place known as the Stone Pavement (which in Aramaic is Gabbatha).

14It was the day of Preparation of the Passover; it was about noon. “Here is your king,” Pilate said to the Jews.

15But they shouted, “Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him!” “Shall I crucify your king?” Pilate asked. “We have no king but Caesar,” the chief priests answered.

16Finally Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified. So the soldiers took charge of Jesus.

17Carrying his own cross, he went out to the place of the Skull (which in Aramaic is called Golgotha).

18There they crucified him, and with him two others—one on each side and Jesus in the middle.

19Pilate had a notice prepared and fastened to the cross. It read: JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS.

20Many of the Jews read this sign, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and the sign was written in Aramaic, Latin and Greek.

21The chief priests of the Jews protested to Pilate, “Do not write ‘The King of the Jews,’ but that this man claimed to be king of the Jews.”

22Pilate answered, “What I have written, I have written.”

23When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes, dividing them into four shares, one for each of them, with the undergarment remaining. This garment was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom.

24“Let’s not tear it,” they said to one another. “Let’s decide by lot who will get it.” This happened that the scripture might be fulfilled that said, “They divided my clothes among them and cast lots for my garment.”So this is what the soldiers did.

25Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.

26When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to her, “Woman,here is your son,”

27and to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” From that time on, this disciple took her into his home.

28Later, knowing that everything had now been finished, and so that Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.”

29A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus’ lips.

30When he had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished.” With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.

31Now it was the day of Preparation, and the next day was to be a special Sabbath. Because the Jewish leaders did not want the bodies left on the crosses during the Sabbath, they asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken down.

32The soldiers therefore came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified with Jesus, and then those of the other.

33But when they came to Jesus and found that he was already dead, they did not break his legs.

34Instead, one of the soldiers pierced Jesus’ side with a spear, bringing a sudden flow of blood and water.

35The man who saw it has given testimony, and his testimony is true. He knows that he tells the truth, and he testifies so that you also may believe.

36These things happened so that the scripture would be fulfilled: “Not one of his bones will be broken,”

37and, as another scripture says, “They will look on the one they have pierced.”

38Later, Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate for the body of Jesus. Now Joseph was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly because he feared the Jewish leaders. With Pilate’s permission, he came and took the body away.

39He was accompanied by Nicodemus, the man who earlier had visited Jesus at night. Nicodemus brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds.

40Taking Jesus’ body, the two of them wrapped it, with the spices, in strips of linen. This was in accordance with Jewish burial customs.

41At the place where Jesus was crucified, there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had ever been laid.

42Because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and since the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there.

1 Peter 1:18-25

18For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors,

19but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.

20He was chosen before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake.

21Through him you believe in God, who raised him from the dead and glorified him, and so your faith and hope are in God.

22Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply, from the heart.

23For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.

24For, “All people are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,

25but the word of the Lord endures forever.”And this is the word that was preached to you.

John 19:39-42

39He was accompanied by Nicodemus, the man who earlier had visited Jesus at night. Nicodemus brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds.

40Taking Jesus’ body, the two of them wrapped it, with the spices, in strips of linen. This was in accordance with Jewish burial customs.

41At the place where Jesus was crucified, there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had ever been laid.

42Because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and since the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there.

Luke 22:1-5

1Now the Festival of Unleavened Bread, called the Passover, was approaching,

2and the chief priests and the teachers of the law were looking for some way to get rid of Jesus, for they were afraid of the people.

3Then Satan entered Judas, called Iscariot, one of the Twelve.

4And Judas went to the chief priests and the officers of the temple guard and discussed with them how he might betray Jesus.

5They were delighted and agreed to give him money.