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

CFMCorner
Apr 12
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Part 2

Videos, Podcasts, & Weekly Lesson Material

Resources and Insights for this Week's Lesson

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)	The Last Supper and the Passover Feast HD The Setting of the Last Supper Holy Week: The True Lamb of God
“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)	The Trial of Jesus: His Blood Be On Us ? Why Did Peter Deny Knowing Jesus?
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 Savior's Sermon From the Cross The Seven Last Words of Jesus on the Cross
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	What Was Crucifixion Like? Jesus Is Scourged and Crucified
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)	BD
Last Words: Jesus’ mother put in John’s care,	Calvary	John 19:26-27 (INT)	BD
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)	Jesus Is Laid in a Tomb, The Tomb of Jesus Explained The Tomb of Jesus Explained
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

Easter, the Lord’s Day

Major Events/ Doctrines	Location	Scripture Source	Videos
Earthquake, angels open tomb		Matthew 28:1–2 (INT), Luke 24:1–2 (INT), JST, Matthew 28:1–2	Jesus Is Resurrected
Women come to Tomb, find the stone rolled away, see the angels, and run to tell the apostles		Luke 23:55-56 (INT) - 24:1-11 (INT), John 20:1–2 (INT)	Mary Magdalene, the First Witness
Peter and John run to the tomb	Near Jerusalem	Luke 24:12, 24 (INT), John 20:3–10 (INT)
Mary returns to the open tomb, “Woman, why weepest thou?”	Near Jerusalem	John 20:11–13 (INT)
“Touch me not”	Near Jerusalem	John 20:14–17 (INT)
Disciples told but disbelieve	Near Jerusalem	Mark 16:10–11 (INT), Luke 24:9–11 (INT), John 20:18 (INT)
Two Marys come to the tomb	Near Jerusalem	Matthew 28:1 (INT), Mark 16:1–4 (INT), Luke 23:55 (INT); 24:3 (INT)
Angels: “He is risen”	Near Jerusalem	Matthew 28:2–8 (INT), Mark 16:5–8 (INT), Luke 24:4–8 (INT)
Women meet Jesus	Near Jerusalem	Matthew 28:9–10 (INT), Mark 16:9 (INT)
Officials bribe soldiers	Near Jerusalem	Matthew 28:11–15 (INT)
Jesus appears to two disciples	Emmaus	Mark 16:12 (INT), Luke 24:13–32 (INT)	Church Video Why Did Christ Appear to Two Disciples on the Road to Emmaus?
Two tell others who disbelieve	Jerusalem	Mark 16:13 (INT), Luke 24:33–35 (INT)
Evening: Jesus appears to disciples	Jerusalem	Mark 16:14 (INT), Luke 24:36–49 (INT), John 20:19–23 (INT)	The Risen Lord Jesus Christ Appears to the Apostles
Thomas, absent, does not believe	Jerusalem	John 20:24–25 (INT)
Eight days later: With Thomas	Jerusalem	John 20:26–29 (INT)	Blessed Are They That Have Not Seen, and Yet Have Believed - Thomas of the Bible Doubting Thomas or Witness of Christ