Easter: “I Am He Who Liveth, I Am He Who Was Slain”

CFMCorner
Apr 12, 2025
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Holy Week:

In Part 2 of this lesson, we continue our examine Holy Week from the Last Supper, which likely occurred on what we consider “Wednesday Night,” but in Jewish Tradition a new day begins at sunset, so this would have technically been Yom Hamishi (Thursday)

The Ancient Calendar

In Part 1 of this lesson, we explored the Jewish calendar and noted how ancient timekeeping systems differ from our modern ones. Just as their calendars followed a slightly different rhythm, so too did their methods for measuring time throughout the day.

Time Keeping

In ancient times, people told time using natural indicators, such as sundials and the position of the sun. Both Jewish and Roman cultures used these tools, but their systems varied slightly.

For example, in Jewish tradition, a new day began at sunset, in alignment with the creation account in Genesis (“And the evening and the morning were the first day…”). In contrast, the Romans marked the beginning of a new day at midnight, a system that ultimately influenced the way we measure time today.

Modern timekeeping—with its precise hours, minutes, and seconds—has been shaped by centuries of cultural, religious, and technological developments, but it’s important to remember that Jesus and His contemporaries operated within a very different framework of time. And this information can help us to better understand chronology of events described in the Biblical accounts.

## CHAPTER OUTLINE & STUDY GUIDE

Thursday (begins at Sunset, what we would consider Wednesday evening)

Major Events/ Doctrines

Location

Scripture Source

Videos

Last Supper:

Holy Land Site

Around 6 PM, just after sundown, Jesus' Disciples participate in a Passover Seder

Jerusalem, Upper Room, see map above

Matthew 26:20 (INT), Mark 14:17 (INT), Luke 22:13–14 (INT), John 13:1–2 (INT)

“One of you shall betray me”

Jerusalem, Upper Room

Matthew 26:21–24 (INT), Mark 14:18–21 (INT), Luke 22:21–23 (INT), John 13:18–22 (INT)

Church Video: The Last Supper

Judas identified

Jerusalem, Upper Room

Matthew 26:25 (INT), John

13:23–30 (INT)

Sacrament instituted

Jerusalem, Upper Room

Matthew 26:26–29 (INT), Mark 14:22–25 (INT), Luke 22:15–20 (INT)

Jesus washes disciples’ feet

Jerusalem, Upper Room

John 13:2–5 (INT)

Peter’s protest

Jerusalem, Upper Room

John 13:6–12 (INT), JST, John 13:10–11

Jesus’ example

Jerusalem, Upper Room

John 13:13–17 (INT)

A new commandment

Jerusalem, Upper Room

John 13:31–35 (INT)

Jesus comforts the disciples

Jerusalem, Upper Room

John14:1–15 (INT)

Another Comforter

Jerusalem, Upper Room

John 14:16–31 (INT)

The True Vine

Jerusalem, Upper Room

John 15:1–8 (INT)

Love one another

Jerusalem, Upper Room

John 15:9–17 (INT)

Hatred of the world

Jerusalem, Upper Room

John 15:18–25 (INT)

The Spirit of truth testifies

Jerusalem, Upper Room

John 15:26–27 (INT)

Warnings to the Apostles

Jerusalem, Upper Room

John 16:1–6 (INT)

Opposition: Joy and sorrow

Jerusalem, Upper Room

John

16:17–30 (INT)

Prophecy: Flock to be scattered

Jerusalem, Upper Room

Matthew

26:31–32 (INT), Mark 14:27 (INT), John 16:31–33 (INT)

Sang hymn before retiring to Gethsemane (probably around 9-10 PM)

Jerusalem, Upper Room

Matthew 26:30 (INT), Mark 14:26 (INT)

The Great Hallel A traditional rendition of the Hallel being performed at the Western Wall

Jesus’ intercessory prayer

Jerusalem, Upper Room to Gethsemane

John 17 (INT)

Jesus Warns Peter and Offers the Intercessory Prayer

Gethsemane

Mount of Olives, across the Kidron Valley, likely up on the hill, just East of the “Golden or Beautiful Gate” overlooking the Temple Mount

Matthew 26:36–46

Mark 14:32–42

Luke 22:39–46

John 18:1

3 Nephi 11:11

Mosiah 3:7

Alma 7:11–13

D & C 18:11–13;19:16–19

Holy Week: Gethsemane

Jesus' Arrest

Mount of Olives

Matt 26:55

Holy Week: Day of Agony

Initial sets of interrogations and trials, lasting throughout the night. This was likely the location where Peter denied Christ just prior to the Cockcrow, which would have been midnight)

Likely moved through several locations, including various assembly halls and dungeons (situated below the home of the High Priest)

Matthew 27:1 (INT), Mark 15:1 (INT), Luke 22:66 (INT), John 18:28 (INT)

Hearing before Caiaphas, the High Priest

House of Caiaphas located near the Upper Room, (labeled on map as “High Priest's house”)

Matthew 27:1 (INT), Mark 15:1 (INT), Luke 22:66–71 (INT), John 18:24 (INT), 28 (INT)

Hearing before Pilate (around 6:30)

Possibly at the Antonia Fortress

Matthew 27:2 (INT), 11–14 (INT), Mark 15:1–5 (INT), Luke 23:1–6 (INT), John 18:28–38 (INT)

Judas’s remorse and death

Akeldama (or Aceldama), which is Aramaic for “Field of Blood”. It’s also known as the “potter's field,” located just south of the Old City of Jerusalem, in the Hinnom Valley—also called the Valley of Gehenna, near the junction of the Kidron Valley. There is a monastery and burial cave known as Monastery of Saint Onuphrius near this site.

Matthew 27:3–10 (INT)

Hearing before Herod (around 7:00 am)

Herod's Palace/ Pilate's Praetorium

Luke 23:7–10 (INT)

Herod and soldiers mock Jesus

Jerusalem

Luke 23:11–12 (INT)

Second hearing before Pilate

Antonia fortres

Matthew 27:15–31 (INT), Mark 15:6–15 (INT), Luke 23:11–17 (INT)

Holy Land Sites

Barabbas released (around 8:00 am compare with Yom Kippur scapegoat)

Antonia fortress

Matthew 27:15–21, 26 (INT), Mark 15:6–15 (INT), Luke 23:18–25 (INT), John 18:39–40 (INT)

Pilate washed his hands to proclaim his innocence

Antonia fortress

Matthew 27:24–25 (INT), Luke see 23:4 (INT), 14 (INT), 22 (INT), John see 19:4 (INT)

Church Video: Jesus Is Condemned Before Pilate, My Kingdom is Not of this World

Clothed in Purple Robes & Crown of Thorns

Matthew 27:29 (INT), Mark 15:17 (INT), John 19:2 (INT), πορφύρα, אַרְגָמָן (Purple was symbolic of the Ancient Temple clothing & Veil. The thorns may be related to the acacia tree, the same type of tree that was used to make the Ark of the Covenant.)

Shittah Thorn Trees

Tyrian Purple

Jesus carries his own cross to Golgotha

Outside Jerusalem gates, actual site debated

Matthew 27:32–34 (INT), Mark 15:20–23 (INT), Luke 23:26–31 (INT), John 19:13–17 (INT)

Holy Land Sites

The Crucifixion Matthew says 3rd hour (9:00am) John says 6th hour (around noon)

Calvary

Matthew 27:35–44 (INT), Mark 15:24–33 (INT), Luke 23:32–43 (INT), John 19:18–22 (INT), Helaman 14:20–27; 3 Nephi 8:5–22; 10:9

Jesus speaks to two thieves

Calvary

Luke 23:39-43 (INT)

Soldiers cast lots for Jesus’ robe

Calvary

Matthew 27:35 (INT), Mark 15:24 (INT), Luke 23:34 (INT), John 19:23–24 (INT)

The sign: King of the Jews

Calvary

Matthew 27:37 (INT), Mark 15:26 (INT), Luke 23:38 (INT), John 19:19–22 (INT)

Darkness for 3 hours

Calvary

Matthew 27:45 (INT), Mark 15:33–36 (INT), Luke 23:44–45 (INT)

The Women at the Cross of Jesus

Jesus offered vinegar to drink from a branch of hyssop

Calvary

Matthew 27:48 (INT), Mark 15:36 (INT), Luke , John 19:29-30 (INT)

Last Words: Jesus’ mother put in John’s care,

Calvary

John 19:26-27 (INT)

Jesus calls out to his Father, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?”

Calvary

Matthew 27:46 (INT), Mark 15:34 (INT)

Death of Jesus Christ (9th hour, around 3:00 PM, the same time that the Passover lambs at the Temple are being slain in preparation for Passover)

Calvary

Matthew 27:46–50 (INT), Mark 15:37 (INT), Luke 23:46 (INT), John 19:28–30 (INT)

Jesus Christ, the Passover Lamb

Major Events/ Doctrines

Location

Scripture Source

Videos

Earthquake: Veil of temple rent

Jerusalem

Matthew 27:51–53 (INT), Mark 15:38 (INT), Luke 23:45 (INT)

The Veil of the Temple Represents Jesus (Come, Follow Me: Hebrews 10)

Earthquakes in the Americas

Americas

3 Nephi 8:5–19

Pierced by a spear (around 3:15 PM)

Calvary

John 19:31–34 (INT)

Passover scripture fulfilled

Calvary

John 19:35–37 (INT)

Watchers near the cross

Calvary

Matthew 27:54–56 (INT), Mark 15:39–41 (INT), Luke 23:47–49 (INT)

Jesus’ burial (Around 4:00 PM in hasty preparation for the Passover Sabbath)

Near Jerusalem, at the Tomb of Joseph of Arimathea

Matthew 27:57–61 (INT), Mark 15:42–47 (INT), Luke 23:50–56 (INT), John 19:38–42 (INT)

Chief priests and Pharisees seal the tomb (Day 1 in the Tomb)

Near Jerusalem

Matthew 27:62–66 (INT)

The day closes at sunset, around 6-7 PM.

Friday

Since this was Passover, this was considered a “Sabbath Day,” there were two sabbath days this year in accordance with Jewish tradition, and this would have corresponded with Thursday evening in Roman or modern Time Keeping. (Day 2 in the Tomb)

Saturday

This was the traditional Sabbath Day, modern Friday night - Saturday night. (Day 3 in the Tomb)

Sunday

Resurrection Morning - The Lord's Day