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A Harmony of the Passion of Christ

This account of the crucifixion of Christ blends all four GospelsMatthew, Mark, Luke, and Johninto
a single account, using the Gospel with the fullest account though leaving out no detail. (It also includes
minor details from Acts and Pauls epistles to the Corinthians.) The New King James Version was used to
give it a more contemporary sound. Scripture referencesincluding those quoted from the Old
Testamentare set off in green text. The section headings are adapted from Robertsons Harmony of the
Gospels.
It is the prayer of the compiler that the reading of this eyewitness account of Christs passion will
draw you close to the Savior as your imagination grasps each hallowed scene. Kevin L. Morgan

We begin after supper, late Thursday night
(Mark 14:2642; Matt. 26:3646; Luke 22:3946; J ohn 18:1)

Mk 14.26
And when they had sung a hymn, they went out
J n 18.1
over the Brook Kidron
Mk 14.26
to the
Mount of Olives,
Lk 22.39
as He was accustomed.
Mk 14.27
Then J esus said to them. All of you will be made
to stumble because of Me this night, for it is written:
I will strike the Shepherd. And the sheep will be scattered.
Mk 14.28
But after I have been raised, I will go before you to Galilee.
Mk 14.29
Peter said to Him, Even if all are made to stumble, yet I will not be.
Mk 14.30
J esus said to him, Assuredly, I say to you that today, even this night, before the rooster crows
twice, you will deny Me three times.
Mk 14.31
But he spoke more vehemently, If I have to die with You, I will not deny You! And they all
said likewise.
Mk 14.32
Then they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and He said to his disciples,
Mt 26.36
Sit here while I go and pray over there.
Mk 14.33
And He took Peter, J ames, and J ohn with Him, and
began to be troubled and deeply distressed.
Mk 14.34
Then He said to them, My soul is exceedingly
sorrowful, even to death. Stay here and watch.
Lk 22.40
Pray that you may not enter into temptation.
Lk 22.41
And He was withdrawn from them about a stones throw
Mk 14.35
and fell
Mt 26.39
on His face
Mk 14.35
on the
ground, and prayed, that if it were possible, the hour might pass from Him.
Mk 14.36
And He said, Abba,
Father, all things are possible for You.
Lk 22.42
If it is Your will, take this cup away from Me: nevertheless
not My will, but Yours, be done.
Lk 22.43
Then an angel appeared to Him from heaven, strengthening
Him.
Lk 22.44
And being in an agony, He prayed more earnestly. Then His sweat became as it were great
drops of blood falling down to the ground.
Lk 22.45
When He rose up from prayer, and had come to His disciples, He found them sleeping from
sorrow,
Mk 14.37
and said to Peter, Simon, are you sleeping? Could you not watch one hour?
Mk 14.38
Watch
and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
Mt 26.42
Again,
a second time He went away and prayed, saying, O My Father, if this cup cannot pass away from Me
unless I drink it, Your will be done.
Mk 14.40
And when He returned, He found them asleep again, for
their eyes were heavy; and they did not know what to answer Him.
Mt 26.44
So He left them, went away
again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words.
Mt 26.45
Then He came to His disciples and said
to them,
Mk 14.41
Are you still sleeping and resting? It is enough! The hour has come; behold, the Son of
Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners.
Mk 14.42
Rise up, let us go. See, My betrayer is at hand.



Friday, long before dawn in the Garden of Gethsemane
(Mark 14:3452; Matt. 26:4756; Luke 22:4753; J ohn 18:212)

J n 18.2
And J udas
Lk 22.47
one of the twelve
J n 18.2
who betrayed Him, also knew the place: for J esus
often met there with His disciples.
J n 18.3
Then J udas, having received a detachment of troops, and
officers from the chief priests
Mt 26.47
and elders of the people,
J n 18.3
and Pharisees, came there with
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lanterns, torches, and weapons.
J n 18.4
J esus therefore, knowing all the things that would come upon Him,
went forward and said to them, Whom are you seeking?
J n 18.5
They answered Him, J esus of Nazareth.
J esus said to them, I am He. And J udas, who betrayed Him, also stood with them.
J n 18.6
Now when
He said to them, I am He, they drew back and fell to the ground.
J n 18.7
Then He asked them again, Whom are you seeking?
And they said, J esus of Nazareth.
J n 18.8
J esus answered, I have told you that I am He. Therefore, if you seek Me, let these go their
way
J n 18.9
(that the saying might be fulfilled which He spoke, Of those whom You gave Me I have lost
none.)
Mt 26.48
Now His betrayer had given them a sign, saying, Whomever I kiss, He is the One; seize Him
Mk 14.34
and lead Him away safely
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.
Mt 26.49
Immediately he went up to J esus, and said, Greetings, Rabbi,
and kissed Him.
Lk 22.48
But J esus said to him,
Mt 26.50
Friend, why have you come?
Lk 22.48
J udas, are you
betraying the Son of man with a kiss?
Mk 14.46
Then they laid their hands on Him and took Him.
Lk 22.49
When those around Him saw what was going to happen, they said to Him, Lord, shall we strike with
the sword?
J n 18.10
Then Simon Peter, having a sword, drew it and struck the high priests servant, and cut off his
right ear. (The servants name was Malchus.)
Lk 22.51
But J esus answered and said, Permit even this.
And He touched his ear and healed him.
Mt 26.52
Then J esus said to him, Put your sword
J n 18.11
into the
sheath, for all who take the sword will perish by the sword.
Mt 26.53
Or do you think that I cannot now pray
to My Father, and He will provide Me with more than twelve legions of angels?
Mt 26.54
How then could
the Scriptures be fulfilled, that it must happen thus?
2 J n 18.11
Shall I not drink the cup which My Father
has given me?
Lk 22.52
Then J esus said to the chief priests, captains of the temple, and elders who had
come to Him, Have you come out, as against a robber, with swords and clubs?
Lk 22.53
When I was with
you daily in the temple, you did not try to seize Me. But this is your hour, and the power of darkness.
Mt
26.56
But all this was done that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled.
Then all the disciples forsook Him and fled.
Mk 14.51
(Now a certain young man followed Him, having
a linen cloth thrown around his naked body. And the young men laid hold of him,
Mk 14.52
and he left the
linen cloth and fled from them naked.)

Friday, before dawn at the residence of Annas
(J ohn 18:1214, 1923)

J n 18.12
Then the detachment of troops and the captain and the officers of the J ews arrested J esus and
bound Him.
J n 18.13
And they led Him away to Annas first, for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas who
was high priest that year.
J n 18.14
(Now it was Caiaphas who advised the J ews that it was expedient that
one man should die for the people.)
J n 18.19
The high priest then asked J esus about His disciples and His doctrine.
J n 18.20
J esus answered
him, I spoke openly to the world. I always taught in synagogues and in the temple, where the J ews
always meet; and in secret I have said nothing.
J n 18.21
Why do you ask Me? Ask those who have heard
Me what I said to them. Indeed they know what I said.
J n 18.22
And when He had said these things, one of the officers who stood by struck J esus with the
palm of his hand, saying, Do You answer the high priest like that?
J n 18.23
J esus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil: but if well, why do you
strike Me?



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This is why J udas was so grieved when J esus allowed Himself to be taken captive. He probably only thought he was helping J esus to be assertive.
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Answering their unspoken thought, He added, But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be? "The cup which My Father hath given
Me, shall I not drink it? DA 696.3, emphasis supplied.
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Friday before dawn at the residence of the High priest Caiaphas
(Mark 14:53, 5565; Matt. 26:57, 5968; Luke 22:54, 6365; J ohn 18:24)

J n 18.24
Then Annas sent Him bound to Caiaphas the
Lk 22.54
high priests house,
Mt 26.57
where the scribes
and the elders were assembled.


Mt 26.59
Now the chief priests, the elders, and all the council sought false testimony against J esus to put
Him to death,
Mt 26.60
but found none. Even though many false witnesses came forward,
Mk 14.56
their
testimonies did not agree.
Mt 26.60
But at last two false witnesses came forward
Mk 14.57
and bore false witness against Him, saying,
Mk 14.58
We heard
Mt 26.61
this fellow
Mk 14.58
say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and
within three days
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I will build another made without hands.
Mk 14.59
But not even then did their

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Time Between Crucifixion and Resurrection.Through the centuries Christendomhas been quite agreed that J esus died on the cross Friday afternoon
and rose fromthe tomb early the next Sunday morning. However, in recent years some have contended that when Christ said He would be three days and
three nights in the heart of the earth (Matt. 12:40), He meant He would be in the grave 72 hours. On this assumption is built the Wednesday crucifixion
theory, which places the resurrection on Sabbath afternoon. (A more recent, less exact, Thursday proposal merely computes: Thursday plus 3 days equals
Sunday.) Hence we should examine Christs statements regarding the matter.
When J esus spoke beforehand of His death and resurrection, He used several phrases concerning three days, and once three days and three nights.
Of course, by modern Western reckoning, if we speak of three days after an event we mean three full days or more. Now three full 24-hour days after
Friday afternoon would, strictly speaking, extend to Monday afternoon. But our problemis not what those phrases may mean to Westerners, but what
J esus meant by themand what His Near Eastern hearers understood by them.
Meaning of Day.There were various forms of speech used in Christs day that do not have the same meaning for us. Some examples of these have
already been explained (600 years old, son, or brother; see Vol. I, pp. 181, 182; Vol. II, pp. 136, 137; see on 1 Chron. 2:7).
What did J esus mean by a day? He once spoke of the day having 12 hours (J ohn 11:9, 10), referring obviously to the daytime as opposed to the
night. This was literally true as J esus meant it, for when He lived among men the time between sunrise and sunset was divided into 12 equal parts, or
hours, which hours varied in length according to the season. The fact that today we use clock hours of uniformlength, in which sunrise and sunset are
more or less than 12 sixty-minute hours apart most of the time, does not make J esus statement incorrect. Similarly His phrase three days must be
interpreted according to what those words meant then to those people, not what they mean to us today.
Although day was, and is, sometimes used to mean the daylight hours, nevertheless the word, when used in counting a series of days, means in both
ancient and modern usage a period including a day and a night. The Greek language, in which the New Testament was written, had a word for night-day,
nuchthmeron (see 2 Cor. 11:25); and Genesis enumerated each successive day of creation as composed of evening and morning. J esus three days
and three nights are merely three [calendar] days, as then understood.
Different Phrases for Same Period.This is clear fromthe fact that He refers at different times to the same periodthe interval between His death
and His resurrectionas in three days, after three days, on the third day. Once, because He is quoting fromJ onah (ch. 1:17), He uses the phrase
three days and three nights. Unless we accuse J esus of contradicting Himself, we must accept all these phrases as meaning the same period of time. Even
the priests and Pharisees who quoted J esus as predicting His resurrection after three days, asked Pilate to have the tomb guarded until the third day (not
until after the third day). Obviously, after three days meant the third day:
The following texts mention this three-day period:

In three days After three days The third day
Matt. 26:61; 27:40 27:63; 12:40 (and 3 nights) 16:21; 17:23; 20:19; 27:64
Mark 14:58 (within) 8:31 9:31; 10:34
Luke 9:22; 18:33; 24:7, 21, 46
J ohn 2:1921

What, then, did these various three-day expressions mean? We can find out easily by comparing other passages in the Bible that refer to time periods
in similar ways.
Three Days, Inclusive.The question of how long J esus was in the tomb rose froma modern misunderstanding of inclusive reckoning, the common
ancient method of counting. It included both the day (or year) on which any period of time began and also that on which it ended, no matter how small a
fraction of the beginning or ending day (or year) was involved. One example of this method is a period (when Shalmaneser besieged Samaria) beginning
in the 4th year of Hezekiah and the 7th year of Hoshea, and ending in the 6th year of Hezekiah and the 9th of Hoshea, at the end of three years (2 Kings
18:9, 10; see Vol. II, p. 136). It was evidently counted thus: 4, 5, 6 (of Hezekiahs reign), three years, inclusive.
Take another example. We say that a child is not one year old until after he has lived 12 full months fromthe date of his birth. He becomes one year
old as he enters his second year of life, and becomes 2 years old after he completes his second year. Thus a child is called 10 years old all through his
11th year, and becomes 11 only after he has reached the end of 11 full years. Not so in the Bible. Noah was, literally, a son of 600 years in the six
hundredth year of his life (Gen. 7:6, 11); although his 600 years were not reckoned inclusively (see Vol. I, p. 181 and note), these verses show that in his
600th year his age was considered 600, not 599. A Hebrew baby was circumcised when he was eight days old (Gen. 17:12), the eighth day (Lev. 12:3;
Luke 1:59), or when eight days were accomplished (Luke 2:21). The Bible lists several periods of three days that ended during, not after, the third day,
and thus covered less than three full 24-hour days (see Gen. 42:1719; cf. 1 Kings 12:5, 12 with 2 Chron. 10:5, 12).
Not only among the Hebrews, but also among other ancient peoples, we have examples of inclusive reckoning. This was common in Egypt, Greece,
and Rome (see Vol. II, p. 136). It is still found in the Far East today. Even in some countries of Europe a weeks interval is referred to as eight days, and
a three-day round trip ticket bought on Sunday, for instance, is expected to be used on Tuesday. In modern J apan, until MacArthurs government changed
the systemfor the convenience of the compilers of vital statistics, a child born in December was a year old for the remainder of the month and became two
years old on J anuary 1; two years old meant having lived in two calendar years, regardless of how small a fraction of either year was involved. Similarly,
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testimony agree.
Mk 14.60
And the high priest stood up in the midst and asked J esus, saying, Do You
answer nothing? What is it these men testify against You?
Mk 14.61
But He kept silent and answered
nothing.
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Again the high priest asked Him, saying to Him,
Mt 26.63
I put you under oath by the living
God: Tell us if You are the Christ,
Mk 14.61
the Son of the Blessed.
Mt 26.64
J esus said to him, It is as you
said
Mk 14.62
I am.
Mt 26.64
Nevertheless, I say to you, hereafter you will see the Son of Man sitting at the
right hand of the Power, and coming on the clouds of heaven.
Mt 26.65
Then the high priest tore his
clothes, saying, He has spoken blasphemy! What further need have we of witnesses? Look, now you
have heard His blasphemy!
Mt 26.66
What do you think?
Mk 14.56
And they all condemned Him
Mt 26.66
and
said, He is deserving of death.



in Chinese reckoning a child born late last year is two years old this year (the second calendar year of his life) and will be three years old as soon as next
year begins. Obviously, this is not a literal reckoning but is based on a concept of time that comes down froma long cultural usage. Similarly, we must
bear in mind the cultural concepts of time that were held in J esus time.
Since the common customof inclusive reckoning is well attested for the Hebrews, for other ancient nations, and in the East down to modern times, it
seems wholly unreasonable to understand J esus words about a three-day period in terms of our modern Western mathematical method of reckoning. By
common usage His hearers would count the three days successively as:
1. The day of the crucifixion.
2. The day after that event.
3. The third day after (by modern count, the second day after).
We cannot insist that when J esus once said that He would rise after three days (Mark 8:31) He meant after the end of the third full day, or 72 hours.
For that He would have said on the fourth day. (For the phrase four days ago meaning three full days, or at least 72 hours, see on Acts 10:30.)
But we are not left with merely an obvious deduction as to what J esus meant by third day. We have it fromHis own lips. In speaking of Herod on
one occasion He said, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures to day and to morrow, and the third day I shall be perfected.
Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the day following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of J erusalem (Luke 13:32, 33). Thus He
equated the third day with the day after tomorrowthe third day counted inclusively.
Crucifixion on Friday.What day, we may inquire, was the day on which this three-day prophecy of J esus was fulfilled? The answer is, The first
day of the week (Mark 16:9; see on Matt. 28:1). Late that same day (Luke 24:1, 13), two disciples met Himon the road to Emmaus, and in talking of
the crucifixion of their Master and their own deep disappointment, declared, To day is the third day since these things were done (Luke 24:21). J esus
Himself said, when He appeared to the Twelve in the upper room, Thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise fromthe dead the third day (Luke 24:46).
As Paul later said, He rose again the third day according to the scriptures (1 Cor. 15:4). Sunday, obviously, was the third day.
What, then, was the day of the crucifixion, seeing that Sunday was the third day, or the day after tomorrow? Obviously, the preceding Friday, the
day before the Sabbath. This is in exact accord with Lukes statement that the women left the embalming unfinished on the day of preparation as the
Sabbath drew on, and rested the Sabbath day according to the commandment before returning on the first day of the week (Luke 23:54 to Luke 24:1).
They would not have waited several days, as is supposed by those who put J esus death on Wednesday and make the Sabbath here mentioned merely a
festival, or ceremonial, sabbath. Besides, the phrase an high day is taken by many to indicate that in that year the festival sabbath fell on the weekly
Sabbath (see on J ohn 19:31) (Francis D. Nichol, A Basis for New Testament Chronology, The Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, vol. 5
[Washington, D.C.: Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1978, 2001], p. 248).
Between the two views there is agreement in several points: (1) Jesus really did die and rise againpraise God! (2) His death occurred on the 14
th
of Nisan,
the day before the Feast of Unleavened bread, also called Passover. The points of variance are these: (1) The Wednesday through Sabbath afternoon scenario
sees the Sabbaths of Mark 16:1 and Luke 23:56 as the first sabbath of Tabernacles and the weekly Sabbath. The Friday through Sunday scenario sees themas
one and the same. (2) The Wednesday through Sabbath afternoon scenario sees the Preparations of Luke 23:54and 23:56 as the preparations for the festival
Sabbath and the preparation for the weekly Sabbath respectively. The Friday through Sunday scenario sees themas one and the same. The real difference in the
two views lies in (1) the sense of perpetuity of the festivals for Christians and thus finding Jesus resting on a festival Sabbath in the Gospels and (2) how
literally one should take Matthew 12:40. As has been pointed out, the problems in taking the expression three days and three nights in the heart of the earth to
mean precisely 72 hours are: (1) The eastern mind does not conceptualize time in the same way that the modern western mind does. (2) The majority of the
descriptions of this three-day period do not point Christs being resurrected after a full three day, three night period. (3) The two disciples on the road to
Emmaus claimed that the first day of the week was the third day since these had happened (Luke 24:21). What things were these? The deliverance of Jesus to
death and crucifixion (Luke 24:19, 20). If the final of these events truly did happen during Wednesday afternoon, then counting three full days fromthe
completion of those events would take usfirst day since Wednesday would be Thursday afternoon, second day since Wednesday would be Friday afternoon,
third day since Wednesday would be Sabbath afternoon. But the men told Jesus, Today is the third day since these things happened. (4) Jesus did not say, in
Luke 24:46, that He would rise after the third day, but that He would rise on the third day. And Paul later wrote, He rose again the third day according to the
scriptures (1 Cor. 15:4)the first day of the week (Mark 16:9).
Fred Coulter believes that the statement of Luke 24:21 was made when the three days had already passed and translates the sentence as: But besides
all these things, as of today, the third day has already passed since these things took place. Is there any warrant for his translation? Nestles Greek for this
clause reads: alla ge kai sun pasin toutois tritn tautn hmeran (accusative/singular/feminine) agei aph ou tauta egeneto (and the Textus Receptusadds
the word smeron or today before aph ou or since). The literal translation of this clause is: But indeed with all these things third this day brings
[today] since these things occurred. His note on the word since (aph hou) attempts to justify his past perfect translation (with the supplied word
already). The use of aph hou in J osephus works and the works of classical Greek writers enables us to understand the true meaning of Luke 24:21. As
a formula, aph hou specifically refers to completed time and cannot be construed as referring to time that is in progress. Thus Lukes use of aph hou with
triten must be interpreted as evidence that the third day had already been completed (Fred Coulter, The New Testament In Its Original Order: A
Faithful Version With Commentary [Hollister, CA: York Publishing Company, 2003], Appendix G, p. 758). Unfortunately, Mr. Coulter overlooks another
instance of this phrase in Luke 13:7, which is translated during which, showing that the expression can indeed mean time that is in progress. (Cf. also
Luke 8:35, 38out of which, Luke 13:25, when once, and Revelation 16:18, since, which come closer in meaning to the idea Mr. Coulter believes
the expression conveys.) Thus, Mr. Coulter stretches the meaning of the clause to support his view of Matthew 12:40.
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He was oppressed and He was afflicted, Yet He opened not His mouth; He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, And as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
So He opened not His mouth (Isaiah 53:7).
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Lk 22.63
Now the men who held J esus mocked Him.
Mk 14.65
Some began to spit on Him, and to blindfold
Him, and to beat Him, and to say to Him,
Mt 26.68
Prophesy to us, Christ! Who is the one who struck
You?
Lk 22.65
And many other things they blasphemously spoke against Him.

Friday before and at dawn in the court of the high priests residence
(Mark 14:54, 6672; Matt. 26:58, 6975; Luke 22:5462; J ohn 18:1518, 2527)

Lk 22.54
But
J n 18.15
Simon Peter followed J esus
Lk 22.54
at a distance,
J n 18.15
and so did another disciple.
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Now that disciple was known to the high priest, and went with J esus into the courtyard of the high
priest.
J n 18.16
But Peter stood at the door outside. Then the other disciple, who was known to the high
priest, went out and spoke to her who kept the door, and brought Peter in.
J n 18.18
Now the servants and
officers who
Lk 22.55
had kindled a fire in the midst of the courtyard, sat down together. And Peter
Mt 26.58
went in and sat with the servants to see the end
Mk 14.54
and warmed himself at the fire.
Mk 14.66
One of the
servant girls of the high priest
J n 18.17
who kept the door
Mk 14.66
came
Mk 14.67
and, when she saw Peter
warming himself, she looked
Lk 22.56
intently
Mk 14.67
at him and said,
J n 18.17
You are not also one of His
disciples, are you?
Mt 26.69
You also were with J esus
Mk 14.67
of Nazareth
Mt 26.69
of Galilee.
Lk 22.57
But he denied Him, saying, Woman,
Mk 14.68
I neither know nor understand what you are
saying.
Lk 22.57
I do not know Him.
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Mk 14.68
And he went out on the porch, and a rooster crowed.
Mk 14.69
And the servant girl saw him again, and began to say to those who stood by, This is one of
them.
Lk 22.58
And after a little while another saw him and said, You also are of them.
But Peter
Mt 26.72
denied with an oath.
Lk 22.58
Man, I am not!
Mt 26.72
I do not know the Man!
Lk 22.59
Then after about an hour had passed,
J n 18.26
one of the servants of the high priest, a relative of
him whose ear Peter cut off, said, Did I not see you in the garden with Him?
Mt 26.73
And
Lk 22.59
another
Mt 26.73
who stood by came up and
Lk 22.59
confidently affirmed,
Mt 26.73
Surely
you also are one of them; for
Mk 14.70
you are a Galilean.
Mt 26.73
Your speech betrays you.


Mt 26.74
Then he began to curse and swear, saying,
Mk 14.71
I do not know this Man of whom you
speak! A second time the rooster crowed.
Lk 22.61
And the Lord turned and looked at Peter. Then Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how
He had said to him,
Mk 14.72
Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times. And when he
thought about it,
Mt 26.74
he went out and wept bitterly.



Friday, after dawn, before the formal council of the Sanhedrin
(Mark 15:1; Matt. 27:1; Luke 22:6671)

Lk 22.66
As soon as it was day,
Mk 15.1
the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes
and the whole council
Lk 22.66
and led Him into their council, saying,
Lk 22.67
If you are the Christ, tell us.
Lk 22.67
But He said to them, If I tell you, you will by no means believe.
Lk 22.68
And if I also ask you,
you will by no means answer Me or let Me go.
Lk 22.69
Hereafter the Son of Man will sit on the right hand
of the power of God.
Lk 22.70
Then they all said, Are You then the Son of God?
So He said to them, You rightly say that I am.
Lk 22.71
And they said, What further testimony do we need? For we have heard it ourselves from His
own mouth.

Friday morning, in the temple and outside the walls of Jerusalem
(Matt. 27:310; Acts 1:18, 19)

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Likely to be identified with the other disciple, mentioned elsewhere in J ohns gospel, who was undoubtedly J ohn himself.
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J ohns record of the responses of Peter is kinder to his brother in Christ than Peters own account of what he said in the other gospels. J ohn simply says
that Peter responded, I amnot (J ohn 18:17, 25).
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Mt 27.3
Then J udas, His betrayer, seeing that He had been condemned, was remorseful and brought
back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,
Mt 27.4
saying, I have sinned by betraying
innocent blood.
And they said, What is that to us? You see to it!
Mt 27.5
Then he threw down the pieces of silver in the temple and departed, and went and hanged
himself,
Ac 1.18
and falling headlong, he burst open in the middle and all his entrails gushed out.
Mt 27.6
But
the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, because
they are the price of blood.
Mt 27.7
And they consulted together and bought,
Ac 1.18
with the wages of
iniquity,
Mt 27.7
the potters field, to bury strangers in.
Mt 27.9
Then was fulfilled what was spoken by
J eremiah the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the value of Him who was
priced, whom they of the children of Israel priced,
Mt 27.10
and gave them for the potters field, as the
LORD directed me.
7 Ac 1.19
And it became known to all those dwelling in J erusalem; so that field is
called in their own language, Akel Dama, that is Field of Blood.

Friday, early morning, before Pilate the first time
(Mark 15:15; Matt. 27:2, 1114; Luke 23:17; J ohn 18:2838)

Lk 23.1
Then the whole multitude of them arose and led Him
Mt 27.2
bound
J n 18.28
from Caiaphas to the
Praetorium [the hall of judgment]
Mt 27.2
and delivered Him to Pontius Pilate the governor.
J n 18.28
And it
was early morning.
8
But they themselves did not go into the Praetorium, lest they should be defiled, but
that they might eat the Passover.
9

J n 18.29
Pilate then went out to them and said, What accusation do you
bring against this Man?

7
J eremiah 32:69.
8
This would have been after about 6 a.m.
9
All four Gospels agree that J esus and His disciples celebrated the Last Supper on the night preceding the crucifixion, that He lay in the tomb over
Sabbath, and that He arose early Sunday morning. The Synoptics, however, call the Last Supper, the night preceding the crucifixion, the Passover,
whereas according to J ohn, the J ews celebrated the Passover supper on the night following the crucifixion. The statements of J ohn and the Synoptics thus
appear to be in conflict.
Most critical commentators dismiss this apparent conflict with the casual observation that, obviously, either J ohn or the synoptic writers were
mistaken. But those who believe in the inspiration of the Scriptures reject such an explanation and propose, instead, one of various possible solutions to
the problem. In order to evaluate intelligently these solutions it is necessary, first, to review Biblical and secular data relating to the time and typical
significance of the Passover, and to time factors connected with the Last Supper and the crucifixion.
Time of the Passover.The paschal lamb was slain in the late afternoon of Nisan 14, following the regular evening sacrifice, and eaten, with
unleavened bread, after sunset that same night, during the early hours of Nisan 15 (Ex. 12:614, 29, 33, 42, 51; 13:37; Num. 9:15; 33:3; Deut. 16:17;
J osephus Antiquities ii. 14. 6; iii. 10. 5; xi. 4. 8 [311, 312; 248, 249; 109, 110]; War v. 3. 1 [98, 99]; vi. 9. 3 [423]; Philo De septenario, sec. 18; Mishnah
Pesah\ im 5. 1, Soncino ed. of the Talmud, p. 287). Nisan 15, a ceremonial sabbath, also marked the beginning of the Feast of Unleavened Bread (Ex. 12:8,
18, 34, 39; Lev. 23:5, 6; Num. 28:16, 17; Deut. 16:3, 4, 8; Antiquities iii. 10. 5 [249]; cf. ii. 15. 2 [318]). On Nisan 16, the second day of this feast, the
wave sheaf of the first fruits was presented in the Temple (see Lev. 23:1014; Antiquities iii. 10. 5 [250, 251]). The termPassover was originally
applied to Nisan 14 only, but in the time of Christ it was sometimes used of the Feast of Unleavened Bread as well (Antiquities ii. 14. 6; xi. 4. 8; xiv. 2. 1
[311313; 109111; 21]; xvii. 9. 3; War ii. 1. 3; v. 3. 1 [10; 99]). Apparently, also, the termFeast of Unleavened Bread was similarly used to include the
Passover (Luke 22:1, 7; Acts 12:3, 4; cf. Acts 20:6).
Tables that purport to give the Christian Era dates for each paschal full moon during the ministry of our Lord are of no real help in this problemfor all
such tables are based on modern J ewish methods of computing the time of the Passover. How the J ews of Christs time coordinated their lunar calendar
with the solar year is not known today, all supposedly learned statements to the contrary notwithstanding. It is therefore impossible to determine with
absolute certainty the day of the week or even, always, the month in which the Passover of any year of our Lords ministry may have occurred. [The
fixed calendar based on mathematical and astronomical calculations for adding Adar I in the 3
rd
, 6
th
, 8
th
, 11
th
, 14
th
, 17
th
and 19
th
years of the cycle was
established in the fourth century by Hillel II. Source: http://www.jewfaq.org/calendar.htm.]
Some have assumed that the expression in the evening, of Ex. 12:6, literally, between the two evenings, denotes the moment of sunset beginning
Nisan 14, or the period between sunset and dark. Although some modern commentators have adopted this theory, a careful examination of other Biblical
passages, of the writings of J osephus and Philo, and of the tractate Pesah\ im (see Mishnah Pesah\ im, 4. 1, Soncino ed. of the Talmud, p. 243; 5. 1, 10,
Soncino ed. of the Talmud, pp. 287, 325; Talmud Pesah\ im 58a, Soncino ed., pp. 287290; and other references cited above) provide no clear evidence in
support of it. See p. 265.
this commentary suggests the possibility of the following sequence of events connected with the Last Supper, the crucifixion, and the Passover:
a. That in the year of the crucifixion, whether as a result of controversy between liberal and conservative elements of J udaism, or because of other
circumstances now unknown, there may have been a double celebration of the Passover.
b. That, with other conservative J ews, Christ and the disciples celebrated the Last Supper on Thursday night, during the early hours of what was
officially Nisan 14, and that the Last Supper was a true celebration of the Passover.
c. That J esus died on the cross about the time of the evening sacrifice and the slaying of the paschal lambs, on Friday, Nisan 14.
d. That, in the year of the crucifixion, the official celebration of the Passover came on Friday night, after the crucifixion.
e. That J esus rested in the tomb over the weekly Sabbath, which, in that year, coincided with the ceremonial, or annual, sabbath, Nisan 15, the first
day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread.
7
J n 18.30
They answered and said to him, If He were not an evildoer, we would not have delivered Him
up to you.
J n 18.31
Then Pilate said to them, You take Him and judge Him according to your law. Therefore the
J ews said to him, It is not lawful for us to put anyone to death,
J n 18.32
(that the saying of J esus might be
fulfilled which He spoke, signifying by what death He would die.)
Lk 23.2
And they began to accuse Him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and
forbidding to pay taxes to Caesar, saying that He Himself is Christ, a King.
Mt 27.11
Now J esus stood before the governor. And
Lk 23.3
Pilate asked Him, saying, Are you the King
of the J ews?
He answered him and said, It is as you say.
Mt 27.12
And while He was being accused by the chief priests and elders
Mk 15.3
of many things,
Mt 27.12
He
answered nothing.
Mk 15.4
Then Pilate asked Him again, saying, Do you answer nothing? See how many
things they testify against You! But J esus still answered nothing, so that Pilate
Mt 27.14
the governor
marveled greatly.
J n 18.33
Then Pilate entered the Praetorium again, called J esus, and said to Him, Are you the King of
the J ews?
J n 18.34
J esus answered, Are you speaking for yourself about this, or did others tell you this
concerning me?
J n 18.35
Pilate answered, Am I a J ew? Your own nation and the chief priests delivered You to me.
What have you done?
J n 18.36
J esus answered, My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, My
servants would fight, so that I should not be delivered to the J ews; but now My kingdom is not from
here.
J n 18.37
Pilate therefore said to Him, Are you a king then?
J esus answered, You say rightly that I am a king. For this cause I was born, and for this cause I
have come into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth. Every one who is of the truth hears My
voice.
J n 18.38
Pilate said to Him, What is truth?
And when he had said this, he went out again to the J ews, and said to
Lk 24.4
the chief priests and the
crowd, I find no fault in Him at all.
Lk 23.5
But they were the more fierce, saying He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all J udea,
beginning from Galilee to this place.
Lk 23.6
When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked if the Man were a Galilean.
Lk 24.7
And as soon as he
knew that He belonged to Herods jurisdiction, he sent Him to Herod, who was also in J erusalem at that
time.

Friday, early morning, before Herod Antipas in Jerusalem
(Luke 23:612)

Lk 24.8
Now when Herod saw J esus, he was exceedingly glad: for he had desired for a long time to see
Him, because he had heard many things about Him, and he hoped to see some miracle done by Him.
Lk
24.9
Then he questioned Him with many words, but He answered him nothing.
Lk 24.10
And the chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently accused Him.
Lk 24.11
Then Herod, with
his men of war, treated Him with contempt and mocked Him, arrayed Him in a gorgeous robe, and sent
Him back to Pilate.
Lk 24.12
That very day Pilate and Herod became friends with each other, for previously
they had been at enmity with each other.


f. That J esus arose fromthe tomb early on Sunday morning, Nisan 16, the day when the wave sheaf, which typified the resurrection, was presented
in the Temple.
Happily, it is not necessary to solve this problemin order to avail ourselves of salvation through Christ our passover, who was sacrificed for us (1
Cor. 5:7) (Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, vol. 5, p. 537, additional notes on Matthew 26).
8
Friday morning, between 6 and 9 a.m.before Pilate the second time
(Mark 15:619; Matt. 27:1530; Luke 23:1325; J ohn 18:3919:16)

Lk 24.13
Then Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests, the rulers, and the people,
Lk 24.14
said
to them, You have brought this Man to me, as one who misleads the people. And indeed, having
examined Him in your presence, I have found no fault in this Man concerning those things of which you
accuse Him;
Lk 23.15
no, neither did Herod, for I sent you back to him; and indeed nothing deserving of
death has been done by Him.
Lk 23.16
I will therefore chastise Him and release Him.
Mt 27.19
While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, Have nothing to do
with that just Man, for I have suffered many things today in a dream because of Him.
Mt 27.15
Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to releasing to the multitude one prisoner
whom they wished.
Mt 27.16
And at that time they had a notorious prisoner called Barabbas.
J n 18.40
Now
Barabbas was a robber
Mk 15.7
who was chained with his fellow rebels
Lk 23.19
thrown into prisonfor a
certain rebellion made in the city and for murder
Mk 15.7
they had committed in the rebellion.
Mk 15.8
Then
the multitude, crying aloud, began to ask him to do just as he had always done for them.
Mt 27.17
Therefore, when they had gathered together, Pilate said to them,
J n 18.39
You have a custom
that I should release someone to you at the Passover.
Mt 27.17
Whom
J n 18.39
therefore
Mt 27.17
do you want me
to release to you? Barabbas or J esus which is called Christ,
J n 18.39
the King of the J ews?
Mt 27.18
For he
knew that they had handed Him over because of envy.


Mk 15.11
But the chief priests stirred up the crowd, so that he should rather release Barabbas to them
Mt
27.20
and destroy J esus.
Mt 27.21
The governor answered and said to them, Which of the two do you want
me to release to you?
Lk 23.18
And they all cried out at once, saying,
J n 18.40
Not this man, but Barabbas!
Lk
23.18
Away with this Man, and release to us Barabbas!
Lk 23.20
Pilate, therefore, wishing to release J esus, again called out to them
Mk 15.12
and said, What then
do you want me to do with Him whom you call the King of the J ews?
Mt 27.22
They all
Mk 15.13
cried out
Mt
27.22
to him
Mk 15.13
again,
Mt 27.22
Let Him be crucified!
Lk 23.21
Crucify Him, crucify Him!
Mk 15.14
Then Pilate said to them
Lk 23.22
the third time, Why? What evil has He done? I have found no
reason for death in Him. I will therefore chastise Him and let Him go.
Lk 23.23
But they were insistent,
demanding with loud voices:
Mt 27.23
Let Him be crucified!
Mk 15.14
Crucify Him!
J n 19.1
So then Pilate took J esus and scourged Him.
Mt 27.27
Then the soldiers of the governor took J esus
into the Praetorium and gathered the whole garrison around Him.
Mt 27.28
And they stripped Him and put a
scarlet-
J n 19.2
purple
Mt 27.28
robe on Him.
Mk 15.17
And they
J n 19.2
twisted a crown of thorns and put it upon
His head,
Mt 27.29
and a reed in His right hand. And,
Mk 15.19
bowing the knee, they worshipped
Mt 27.29
and
mocked Him, saying, Hail, King of the J ews!
Mt 27.30
Then they spat on Him,
J n 19.3
and they struck Him
with their hands
Mt 27.30
and took the reed and struck Him on the head.


J n 19.4
Pilate then went out again, and said to them, Behold, I am bringing Him out to you, that you
may know that I find no fault in Him.
J n 19.5
Then J esus came out, wearing the crown of thorns, and the
purple robe. And Pilate said to them, Behold the Man!
J n 19.6
Therefore, when the chief priests and officers saw Him, they cried out, saying, Crucify Him,
crucify Him!
Pilate said to them, You take Him and crucify Him, for I find no fault in Him.
J n 19.7
The J ews answered him, We have a law, and according to our law He ought to die, because
He made Himself the Son of God.
J n 19.8
Therefore, when Pilate heard that saying, he was the more afraid,
J n 19.9
and went again into the
Praetorium, and said to J esus, Where are you from? But J esus gave him no answer.
J n 19.10
Then said Pilate to Him, Are You not speaking to me? Do You not know that I have power to
crucify You, and power to release You?
J n 19.11
J esus answered, You could have no power at all against Me unless it had been given you
from above. Therefore the one who delivered Me to you has the greater sin.
9
J n 19.12
From then on Pilate sought to release Him, but the J ews cried out, saying, If you let this Man
go, you are not Caesars friend. Whoever makes Himself a king speaks against Caesar.
J n 19.13
When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought J esus out and sat down in the judgment
seat in a place that is called The Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha.
J n 19.14
Now it was the Preparation Day of the Passover, and about the sixth hour.
10
And he said to the
J ews, Behold your King!
J n 19.15
But they cried out, Away with Him, away with Him! Crucify Him!
Pilate said to them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but
Caesar!
Mt 27.24
When Pilate saw that he could not prevail at all, but rather that a tumult was rising, he took
water and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just Person.
You see to it.
Mt 27.25
And all the people answered and said, His blood be on us and on our children.


Mk 15.15
So Pilate, wanting to gratify the crowd,
Lk 23.24
gave sentence that it should be as they
requested.
Mt 27.26
Then he released Barabbas to them
Mk 15.15
and delivered J esus, after he had scourged
Him, to be crucified.

Friday morning, nine till noon
(Mark 15:2023; Matt. 27:3144; Luke 23:2643; J ohn 19:1627)

Mt 27.31
And when
Mt 27.27
the soldiers of the governor
Mt 27.31
had mocked Him, they took the robe off
Him, put His own clothes on Him, and led Him away to be crucified,
J n 19.17
bearing His cross.
Mt 27.32
Now as they came out, they found a man
Mk 15.21
passing by out of the country
Mt 27.32
of Cyrene,
Simon by name,
Mk 15.21
the father of Alexander and Rufus.
Lk 23.26
Him they laid hold of and laid the cross
on that he might bear it after J esus.
Lk 23.27
And a great multitude of the people followed Him, and women who also mourned and
lamented Him.
Lk 23.28
But J esus, turning to them, said, Daughters of J erusalem, do not weep for me, but
weep for yourselves, and for your children.
Lk 23.29
For indeed the days are coming in which they will say,
Blessed are the barren, wombs that never bore, and breasts which never nursed.
Lk 23.30
Then shall they
begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.
11

Lk 23.31
For if they do these things
in the green wood, what will be done in the dry?
Lk 23.32
And there were also two others, criminals, led with Him to be put to death.
Lk 23.33
And when
they had come to the place called Calvary,
J n 19.17
the Place of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew,
Golgotha,
Mk 15.23
they gave Him wine
Mt 27.34
with gall
Mk 15.23
mingled with myrrh
Mt 27.34
to drink. But
when He had tasted it, He would not drink.
Mk 15.24
And
Lk 23.33
there they crucified Him, and the criminals,
one on the right hand and the other on the left,
J n 19.18
and J esus in the center.
Mk 15.28
So the Scripture was
fulfilled which says, And He was numbered with the transgressors.
12


10
Preparation Day of the Passover. Alfred Eedersheimtakes it to mean Friday in Passover-week (Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah, vol. 2, p. 581).
The Greek termparaskeu came to be the technical termfor Friday (John 19:31, 42; Mat. 27:62; Mark 15:42; Luke 3 23:54; Didach 8:1). The phrase is
taken by others to mean the eve of the Passover (Heb. ereb happesach) or Nisan 14 since the Talmudic reference to the death of J esus reads thus: On
the eve of the Passover Yeshu [J esus] was hanged. Since nothing was brought forward in his favour he was hanged on the eve of the Passover!
(Sanhedrin 43a, Soncino ed., p. 281) (Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, vol. 5, p. 1062, on John 19:14). There is nothing in the OT (Lev. 23:46
in specific) that calls the 14
th
a preparation for the Passover/Feast of Unleavened Bread. If preparation for the Passover refers to the day before the
feast of unleavened bread, it is a development of NT times, for is not used in connection with the Passover in the LXX. Ultimately, it makes little
difference if we see first day of Unleavened Bread and the Sabbath coinciding in that year.
About the sixth hour. If this is counted fromsix in the morning, it would mean that J esus was taken to be crucified at noon. But this would
contradict Mark 15:35, which plainly states that the crucifixion began at the third hour (or about nine oclock). Of course, Luke 23:44 states that
darkness covered the land fromthe sixth (noon) to the ninth hour (three oclock). (J esus first visit with Pilate had been in early morning, John
18:28.) If counted frommidnight, in keeping with Roman time, it would be about six oclock (Elsewhere J ohn seems to reckon the hours of the day from
sunrise rather than frommidnight [see chs. 4:6, 52; 11:9] Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, vol. 5, p. 1062, on John 19:14). Instead of [hektos]
sixth, several MSS. and fathers have [tritos] third, as in the parallel place (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge on John 19:14). Another possibility is that
J ohn may have the time of the climax of the crucifixion in mind.
11
Hosea 10:8.
12
Isaiah 53:12.
10
Mk 15.25
Now it was the third hour.
13

Lk 23.34
Then J esus said, Father, forgive them: for they do not
know what they do.
And
J n 19.23
the soldiers, when they had crucified J esus, took His garments and made four parts, to
every soldier a part,
Mk 15.24
casting lots for them to determine what every man should take,
J n 19.23
and also
the tunic. Now the tunic was without seam, woven from the top in one piece.
J n 19.24
They said therefore
among themselves, Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be, that the Scripture might be
fulfilled, which said, They divided My garments among them, And for My clothing they cast lots.
14

Therefore the soldiers did these things.
Mt 27.36
Sitting down, they kept watch over Him there.


J n 19.19
Now Pilate wrote a title and put it on the cross. And the writing was:
J ESUS OF NAZARETH,
THE KING OF THE J EWS.
J n 19.20
Then many of the J ews read this title, for the place where J esus was crucified was near the
city: and it was written in Hebrew, Greek, and Latin.
J n 19.21
Therefore the chief priests of the J ews said to
Pilate, Do not write, The King of the J ews, but, He said, I am King of the J ews.
J n 19.22
Pilate
answered, What I have written, I have written.
Lk 23.35
And the people stood looking on.
Mk 15.29
And those who passed by blasphemed Him, wagging
their heads and saying, Aha! You who destroy the temple and build it in three days,
Mk 15.30
save
Yourself and come down from the cross
Mt 27.40
if you are the Son of God!
Mt 27.41
Likewise the chief
priests also, mocking
Mk 15.31
among themselves with the scribes
Mt 27.41
and elders,
Mk 15.31
said,
Lk 23.35
He
saved others; let Him save Himself if He is the Christ, the chosen of God.
Mt 27.42
If He is the King of
Israel, let Him now come down from the cross, and we will believe Him.
Mt 27.43
He trusted in God; let
Him deliver Him now if He will have Him; for He said, I am the Son of God.
Lk 23.36
The soldiers also
mocked Him, coming and offering Him sour wine,
Lk 23.37
and saying, If You are the King of the J ews,
save Yourself.
Mt 27.44
Even the robbers who were crucified with Him reviled Him with the same thing.
Lk 23.39
Then
one of the criminals who were hanged blasphemed Him, saying, If you are the Christ, save Yourself
and us.
Lk 23.40
But the other, answering, rebuked Him, saying, Do you not even fear God, seeing you
are under the same condemnation?
Lk 23.41
And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our
deeds; but this Man has done nothing wrong.
Lk 23.42
Then he said to J esus, Lord, remember me when
You come into Your kingdom.
Lk 23.43
And J esus said to him, Assuredly, I say to you today, you will be with me in Paradise.
15

J n 19.25
Now there stood by the cross of J esus His mother, and His mothers sister, Mary the wife of
Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.
J n 19.26
When J esus therefore saw His mother, and the disciple whom He
loved standing by, He said to His mother, Woman, behold your son!
J n 19.27
Then He said to the
disciple, Behold your mother! And from that hour that disciple took her to his own home.

Friday noon until 3 p.m.three hours of darkness
(Mark 15:3341; Matt. 27:4556; Luke 23:4449; J ohn 19:2830)

Lk 23.4445
Now it was about the sixth hour,
16
the sun was darkened and there was darkness over all the
earth until the ninth hour.
17

Mt 27.46
And about the ninth hour J esus cried out with a loud voice, saying,
Mk

13
The third hour would be approximately nine oclock in the morning.
14
Psalm22:18.
15
The literal translation of the Greek is: Amen to you I say today with me you will be in Paradise. Since the Paul calls paradise a glorious place (2 Cor.
12:4) and J ohn says that the tree of Life is in paradise beside the river of life which flows fromthe Fathers throne (Rev. 2:6; 22:12) and J esus told Mary
on the first day of the week that He had not ascended to His Father (J ohn 20:17), J esus obviously did not go to paradise with the thief when he died.
J esus use of the expression today [Gr. smeron] in Luke 24:43 is paralleled in Acts 20:26 in the words of Paul: Therefore I testify to you this day [Gr.
smeron] that I aminnocent of the blood of all men.
16
If the day began at six in the morning, this would be about noon. The noncanonical Gospel of Peter says that it was noon, and darkness came over all
J udaea (Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, vol. 5, p. 549, on Mat. 27:45).
17
This would be about three in the afternoon.
11
15.34
Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? Which is translated, My God, My God, why have You forsaken
Me?
18

Mk 15.35
Some of those who stood by, when they heard that, said, Look, He is calling for Elijah.
J n 19.28
After this, J esus, knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the Scripture might be
fulfilled, said, I thirst.
Mt 27.48
Immediately one of them ran and took a sponge, filled it with sour wine
and put it on a
J n 19.29
hyssop
Mt 27.48
reed
J n 19.29
and put it to His mouth
Mt 27.48
to drink.
Mt 27.49
The rest said,
Let Him alone; let us see if Elijah will come to save Him,
Mk 15.36
to take Him down.
J n 19.30
So when
J esus had received the sour wine, He
Mt 27.50
cried out again with a loud voice,
Lk 23.46
Father, into your
hands I commend my spirit.
19

J n 19.30
It is finished! And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit.
Mt 27.51
Then, behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth quaked,
and the rocks were split,
Mt 27.52
and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints who had
fallen asleep were raised;
Mt 27.53
and coming out of the graves after His resurrection, they went into the
holy city and appeared to many.


Mt 27.54
So when the centurion,
Mk 15.39
who stood opposite Him,
Mt 27.54
and those with him, who were
guarding J esus, saw the earthquake and
Mk 15.39
that He cried out like this and breathed His last,
Mt 27.54
they feared greatly,

and
Lk 23.47
the centurion glorified God,
Mt 27.54
saying, Truly
Lk 23.47
this was a
righteous Man
Mt 27.54
this was the Son of God.
Lk 23.48
And the whole crowd who came together to that
sight, seeing what had been done, beat their breasts and returned.
Lk 23.49
But all His acquaintances, and
the women who followed Him from Galilee,
Mt 27.55
ministering to Him,
Lk 23.49
stood at a distance,
watching these things,
Mk 15.40
among whom were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of J ames the Less
and of J oses, and Salome
Mt 27.56
(the mother of Zebedees sons),
Mk 15.41
and many other women who came
up with Him to J erusalem.

Friday afternoon before sunset
(Mark 15:4246; Matt. 27:5760; Luke 23:5054; J ohn 19:3142)

J n 19.31
Therefore, because it was the Preparation Day, that the bodies should not remain on the cross
on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), the J ews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken,
and that they might be taken away.
J n 19.32
Then the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first and of
the other who was crucified with Him.
J n 19.33
But when they came to J esus and saw that He was already
dead, they did not break His legs.
J n 19.34
But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and
immediately blood and water came out.
J n 19.35
And he who has seen has testified, and his testimony is
true; and he knows that he is telling the truth, so that you may believe.
J n 19.36
For these things were done
that the Scripture should be fulfilled, Not one of His bones shall be broken.
20

J n 19.37
And again another
scripture says, They shall look on Him whom they pierced.
21

J n 19.38
After this,
Mk 15.42
when evening
22
had come, because it was the Preparation Day, that is, the
day before the Sabbath,
Mt 27.57
there came a rich,
Mk 15.43
prominent council member
Mt 27.57
from Arimathea
(
Lk 23.51
a city of the J ews),
Mt 27.57
named J oseph, who himself had also become a disciple of J esus,
J n 19.38
but secretly, for fear of the J ews.
Lk 23.50
A good and just man,
Mk 15.43
who was himself waiting for the
kingdom of God,
Lk 23.51
he had not consented to their decision and deed.
Lk 23.52
This man,
Mk 15.43
coming
and taking courage, went in to Pilate and asked
J n 19.38
that he might take away the body of J esus.
Mk 15.44
Pilate marveled that He was already dead: and summoning the centurion, he asked him if He had been
dead for some time.
Mk 15.45
So when he found out from the centurion, he granted the body to J oseph.
J n
19.38
So he came and took the body of J esus.
J n 19.39
And Nicodemus, who at first came to J esus by night,
also came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds.
J n 19.40
Then they took the
body of J esus, and bound it in strips of linen with the spices, as the custom of the J ews is to bury.
J n 19.41
Now in the place where He was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb
Lk 23.53
that

18
Psalm22:1.
19
Psalm31:5.
20
Exodus 12:46; Numbers 9:12; Psalm34:20.
21
Zechariah 12:10.
22
Mid-afternoon.
12
was hewn out of the rock
J n 19.41
in which no one had yet been laid.
Mt 27.60
And he rolled a large stone
against the door of the tomb and departed.
J n 19.42
So there they laid J esus, because of the J ews
Preparation Day, for the tomb was nearby
Lk 23.54
and the Sabbath drew near.
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Friday afternoon around sunset until Saturday night
(Mark 15:4716:1; Matt. 27:6166; Luke 23:5556)

Lk 23.55
And the women who had come with Him from Galilee,
Mk 15.47
Mary Magdalene and Mary the
mother of J oses,
24

Mt 27.61
sitting opposite the tomb,
Lk 23.55
observed the tomb and
Mk 15.47
where
Lk 23.55
His
body was laid.
Lk 23.56
Then they returned and prepared spices and fragrant oils. And they rested on the
Sabbath according to the commandment.
25

Mt 27.62
On the next day, which followed the Day of Preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees
gathered together to Pilate,
Mt 27.63
saying, Sir, we remember while He was still alive, how that deceiver
said, After three days I will rise.
Mt 27.64
Therefore command that the tomb be made secure until the third
day, lest His disciples come by night and steal Him away, and say to the people, He has risen from the
dead. So the last deception will be worse than the first.


Mt 27.65
Pilate said to them, You have a guard: go your way, make it as secure as you know how.
Mt
27.66
So they went and made the tomb secure, sealing the stone and setting the guard.


Mk 16.1
Now when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of J ames, and Salome
bought spices, that they might come and anoint Him.

Sunday, before sunrise
(Matt. 28:24)

Mt 28.2
And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and
came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat on it.
Mt 28.3
His countenance was like lightning,
and his clothing white as snow.
Mt 28.4
And the guards shook for fear of him, and became like dead men.



Sunday, early morning
(Mark 16:211; Matt. 27:56; 28:1, 515; Luke 24:18; J ohn 20:118)

J n 20.1
Now the first day of the week Mary Magdalene
26
went to the tomb early, while it was still dark,
and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb.
J n 20.2
Then she ran and came to Simon Peter,

23
The Greek kai hmera hn paraskeus kai sabbaton epephsken is literally translated And a day was a preparation and a Sabbath dawned. The fact that
preparation and Sabbath are indefinite should not be taken as justification for making this verse describe a preparation for an annual Sabbath, as
Coulter has done (The New Testament in its Original Order: A Faithful Version with Commentary [Hollister, CA: York Publishing Co., 2003], p. 469):
And they returned to the city, and prepared spices and ointments, and then rested on the Sabbath according to the commandment. It should be noted that
the word for day, in this verse, is also indefinite. (J osephus often uses the indefinite formof Sabbath as the name for the day.) It makes more sense to
translate the verse as the Sabbath, in keeping with the Sabbath of the next verse, Luke 23:55.
24
The other Mary Matthew 27:61.
25
The natural sense of this phrase is that the women kept the Sabbath commandment recorded in Exodus 20 and repeated in Deuteronomy 5. Earlier, in
Luke 18:20, Luke quotes J esus as saying, You know the commandments and shows that He means the Ten Commandments by quoting commandments
five through nine.
26
Relying on a certain rendering of Matthew 28:1, A.T. Robertson views this visit as having occurred lateon thesabbath day, i.e., on thenight following the
Sabbath, prior to the descent of the angel, the great earthquake, and the resurrection of Jesus, rather than on the first day of theweek prior to sunrise. After a lengthy
discussion of the meaning of the key word for late/after (Gr. opse), E. J. Goodspeed concludes: The plain sense of the passage is: After the Sabbath, as the
first day of the week was dawning (Problems of New Testament Translation, p. 45). Alfred Eedersheimfrankly admits, I must remain uncertain, however
important, whether the opse sabbatn refers to Saturday evening or early Sunday morning (Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah, vol. 2, footnote 1, p. 630). It
could be inferred that Matthew does describe a Saturday night visit by the women but simply fails to mention that they went home that night beforereturning the
next day at dawn to hear the message of the angel. However, such an inferencedoes not fit the details of the other gospels. Moreover, the continuation of the
narrativein Matthew makes it appear as if the Marys remained at thetomb after theangels descent, making it possible for himto converse with them(and the
angel answered and said unto the women Matt. 28:5). This literary connection raises several questions: Had Mary Magdalene(and theother Mary) arrived in time
to witness such an event on Saturday night, would they not have returned immediately to informthedisciples of it? If Mary Magdalenes visit took placein the
middle of the night, would Matthew have described it as occurring as the first day of the week began to dawn? (The key word in this phrase epephsken makes
thephraseliterally read it grew to light into thefirst day. Thephrasecould betranslated thefirst day drew near, as it is translated in Luke 23:54, if it werent for
a unique difference in the phrases. Matthew 28:1 says eis mian sabbatn or into the first day.) And would John have said that, on the first day of the week, Mary
Magdalenecameto thetomb early, whileit was still dark, if hemeant that shecameto the tomb in the dead of night? Besides, Matthews record of her report to
13
and to the other disciple, whom J esus loved, and said to them, They have taken away the Lord out of
the tomb, and we
27
know not where they have laid Him.
J n 20.3
Peter therefore
Lk 24.12
arose and
J n 20.3
went out, and the other disciple, and were going
Lk 24.12
to
the tomb.
Mk 16.2
when the sun had risen,
Mt 28.1
the other Mary (
Mk 16.1
the mother of J ames
Mt 27.56
and J oses),
Mk 16.1
Salome,
Lk 24.1
and certain other women with them, came to the tomb
Lk 24.1
bringing the spices
which they had prepared
Mk 16.1
that they might anoint Him.
Mk 16.3
And they said among themselves,
Who will roll away the stone from the door of the tomb for us?
Mk 16.4
for it was very large. But when
they looked up, they saw that the stone had been rolled away
Lk 24.2
from the tomb.
Lk 24.3
Then they went
in and did not find the body of the Lord J esus.
Lk 24.4
And it happened, as they were greatly perplexed
Mk
16.5
and they were alarmed
Lk 24.4
about this, that behold, two men
J n 20.12
two angels
Lk 24.4
stood by
them,
Mk 16.5
clothed in
Lk 24.4
shining
Mk 16.5
long white
Lk 24.4
garments,
J n 20.12
one at the head and the other
at the feet, where the body of J esus had lain.
Mk 16.5
And
Mt 28.5
the angel,
Mk 16.5
sitting on the right side,
Mt
28.5
answered and said to the women, Do not be afraid.
Mk 16.6
You seek J esus of Nazareth, who was
crucified. He is risen! He is not here! See the place where they laid Him.
Mk 16.7
But go, tell His
disciplesand Peterthat He is going before you into Galilee; there you will see Him, as He said to
you.
Mt 28.7
Behold, I have told you.
Lk 24.5
Then, as they were afraid and bowed their faces to the earth,
they said to them, Why do you seek the living among the dead?
Lk 24.6
He is not here, but is risen!
Remember how He spoke to you when He was still in Galilee,
Lk 24.7
saying, The Son of Man must be
delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.
Lk 24.8
And they
remembered His words.
Mt 28.8
So they went out quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy,
Mk 16.8
for
they trembled and were amazed. And they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.
J n 20.3
Peter and the other disciple were going to the tomb.
J n 20.4
So they both ran together and the
other disciple outran Peter and came to the tomb first.
J n 20.5
And he, stooping down and looking in, saw
the linen cloths lying there
Lk 24.12
by themselves; yet he did not go in.
J n 20.6
Then Simon Peter came,
following him, and went into the tomb; and he saw the linen cloths lying there,
J n 20.7
and the
handkerchief that had been around His head, not lying with the linen cloths, but folded together in a
place by itself.
J n 20.8
Then the other disciple, who came to the tomb first, went in also; and he saw and
believed.
J n 20.9
For as yet they did not know the Scripture, that He must rise again from the dead.
J n 20.10
Then the disciples went away again to their own homes,
Lk 24.12
marveling at what had happened.
J n 20.11
But Mary stood outside by the tomb weeping, and as she wept she stooped down and looked into the
tomb.
J n 20.12
And she saw two angels in white sitting, one at the head, and one at the feet, where the body
of J esus had lain.
J n 20.13
Then they say to her, Woman, why are you weeping?
She said to them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid
Him.
J n 20.14
Now when she had said this, she turned around and saw J esus standing there, and did not
know that it was J esus.
J n 20.15
J esus said to her, Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking? She supposing
Him to be the gardener, said to Him, Sir, if You have carried Him away, tell me where You have laid
Him, and I will take Him away.
J n 20.16
J esus said to her, Mary!

the disciples following her discovery of the empty tomb sounds uncannily like that of the other gospels which placetheresurrection of Jesus early on the first day
of theweek (Mark 16:9) and Mary Magdalenes visit to the tomb as being very early in themorning, on thefirst day of theweek (Mark 16:2; Luke 24:1; John
20:1). Thesimplest harmonization of thesefacts is to pictureall the women as coming to the tomb early on thefirst day of theweek, yet as arriving at different
times. As DA 788.3 puts it: Thewomen had not all cometo thetomb fromthesamedirection. Mary Magdalenewas thefirst to reach theplace SinceMary
arrived at thetomb first, departed to tell thedisciples of theempty tomb, and cameback to thetomb as theother women wereheaded to thedisciples to report what
they had seen, Mary was thefirst to talk with Jesus (John 20:14). Later, Heappeared to theother women as they wereen routeto bear theangels messageto the
disciples (Matthew 28:9). This order of events is borne out by Mark 16:9, which plainly states that Jesus, when Heroseearly on thefirst day of theweek,
appeared first to Mary Magdalene, fromwhomHe had cast out seven devils and by John 20:3 which places Marys encounter with Jesus after Peter and Johns
visit to theempty tomb (seealso Luke 24:912, which places Peters visit to thetomb after Mary Magdalenes report). DA 788.1 builds on Marks statement: On
thefirst day of theweek, very early, they made their way to the tomb, taking with themprecious spices to anoint the Saviour's body.
27
And perhaps the other Mary as well (cf. Matt. 28:1; Mark 15:47), though J ohn does not mention anyone but Mary Magdalene at the tomb at first (J ohn
20:1). Does not the phrase, we know not, indicate that she saw herself as speaking for more than one? Luke 24:10 says, It was Mary Magdalene,
J oanna, Mary the mother of J ames, and the other women with them, who told these things to the apostles. This was a collective report, delivered in three
partsMary Magdalenes announcement of the empty tomb first, then the report of J esus appearance to Mary, which was followed by the announcement
of the angels to the women and of J esus appearance to them.
14
She turned and said to Him, Rabboni! (which is to say, Teacher).
J n 20.17
J esus said to her, Do not cling to Me, for I have not yet ascended to My Father: but go to my
brethren and say to them, I am ascending to My Father and your father, and My God and your God.
J n 20.18
Mary Magdalene came and,
Mk 16.10
as they mourned and wept, told the disciples
Mk 16.10
who had
been with Him that she had seen the Lord, and that He had spoken these things to her.
Mk 16.11
And when
they heard that He was alive and had been seen by her, they did not believe.
Mt 28.9
And as
Lk 24.10
J oanna, Mary the mother of J ames, and the other women with them went to tell
His disciples, behold, J esus met them, saying, Rejoice!
28
So they came and held Him by the feet and
worshipped Him.
Mt 28.10
Then J esus said to them, Do not be afraid., Go and tell My brethren to go to
Galilee, and there they will see Me.
Lk 24.9
Then they returned from the tomb and told all these things to
the eleven and to all the rest.
Lk 24.11
And their words seemed to them like idle tales, and they did not
believe them.
Mt 28.11
Now while they were going, behold, some of the guard came into the city and reported to the
chief priests all the things that had happened.
Mt 28.12
When they had assembled with the elders and
consulted together, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers,
Mt 28.13
saying, Tell them, His
disciples came at night and stole Him away while we slept.
Mt 28.14
And if this come to the governors
ears, we will appease him and make you secure.
Mt 28.15
So they took the money and did as they were
instructed; and this saying is commonly reported among the J ews until this day.



Sunday afternoon
(Mark 16:1213; Luke 24:1335)

Lk 24.13
Now behold, two of them were traveling that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was
seven miles from J erusalem.
Lk 24.14
And they talked together of all these things which had happened.
Lk
24.15
So it was while they conversed and reasoned, that J esus Himself drew near and went with them.
Lk
24.16
But their eyes were restrained, so that they did not know Him.
Lk 24.17
And he said to them, What
kind of conversation is this that you have with one another as you walk and are sad?
Lk 24.18
Then the one whose name was Cleopas answered and said to Him, Are You the only stranger
in J erusalem, and have You not known the things which happened there in these days?
Lk 24.19
And He said to them, What things?
So they said to Him, The things concerning J esus of Nazareth, who was a Prophet mighty in deed
and word before God and all the people,
Lk 24.20
and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered Him to
be condemned to death, and crucified Him.
Lk 24.21
But we were hoping that it was He who was going to
redeem Israel. Indeed, besides all this, today is the third day since
29
these things happened.
Lk 24.22
Yes,
and certain women of our company, who arrived at the tomb early, astonished us.
Lk 24.23
When they did
not find His body, they came saying that they had also seen a vision of angels who said He was alive.
Lk
24.24
And certain of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said;
but Him they did not see.
Lk 24.25
Then He said to them, O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets
have spoken!
Lk 24.26
Ought not the Christ to have suffered these things and to enter into His glory?
Lk 24.27
And beginning at Moses and all the Prophets, He expounded to them in all the Scriptures the
things concerning Himself.
Lk 24.28
Then they drew near to the village where they were going, and He
indicated that He would have gone farther.
Lk 24.29
But they constrained Him, saying, Abide with us, for
it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And He went in to stay with them.
Lk 24.30
Now it came to
pass, as He sat at the table with them, that He took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them.
Lk
24.31
Then their eyes were opened and they knew Him; and He vanished from their sight.
Lk 24.32
And they
said to one another, Did not our heart burn within us while He talked with us on the road, and while He
opened the Scriptures to us?

28
Ellen White harmonizes this point in this way: After He had ascended to the Father, J esus appeared to the other women (DA 793.3).
29
See footnote 13 above regarding Fred Coulters translation of this phrase.
15
Lk 24.33
So they rose up that very hour and returned to J erusalem, and found the eleven and those who
were with them gathered together,
Lk 24.34
saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and has appeared to
Simon.
30

Lk 24.35
And they told
Mk 16.13
the rest
Lk 24.35
about the things that had happened on the road, and
how He was known of them in the breaking of bread,
Mk 16.13
but they did not believe them either.

Sunday eveningfirst appearance to the group
(Mark 16:14; Luke 24:3649; J ohn 20:1925)

J n 20.19
Then, the same day at evening (being the first day of the week), when the doors were shut
where the disciples were assembled for fear of the J ews,
Lk 24.36
as they said these things,
Mk 16.14
as they
sat at the table,
31

J n 20.19
J esus
Lk 24.36
Himself
J n 20.19
came and
Lk 24.36
stood in the midst of them, and said to
them, Peace to you.
Lk 24.37
But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a
spirit.
Lk 24.38
And He said to them, Why are you troubled? And why do doubts arise in your hearts?
Mk
16.14
And He rebuked their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had
seen Him after He had risen.
Lk 24.39
Behold My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself. Handle Me, and
see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see I have.
Lk 24.40
When He had said this, He
showed them His hands and His feet.
Lk 24.41
But while they still did not believe for joy, and marveled, He
said to them, Have you any food here?
Lk 24.42
So they gave Him a piece of broiled fish and some
honeycomb.
Lk 24.43
And He took it and ate in their presence.
Lk 24.44
Then He said to them, These are the
words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were
written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning Me.
Lk 24.45
And He opened
their understanding, that they might comprehend the Scriptures.
Lk 24.46
Then He said to them, Thus it is
written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day,
Lk 24.47
and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name to all nations, beginning in
J erusalem.
Lk 24.48
And you are witnesses of these things.
Lk 24.49
Behold, I send the Promise of My Father
upon you; but tarry in the city of J erusalem until you are endued with power from on high.
J n 20.20
Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord.
J n 20.21
So J esus said to them again,
Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.
J n 20.22
And when He had said this, He
breathed on them, and said to them, Receive the Holy Spirit.
J n 20.23
If you forgive the sins of any, they
are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.
J n 20.24
Now Thomas, called the Twin, one of the twelve, was not with them when J esus came.
J n 20.25
The other disciples therefore said to him, We have seen the Lord. So he said to them, Unless I see in
His hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and put my hand into His
side, I will not believe.

Eight days latersecond appearance to the group
(J ohn 20:2631; 1 Cor. 15:5)

J n 20.26
And after eight days His disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them.
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J esus came, the
doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace to you.
J n 20.27
Then He said to Thomas,
Reach your finger here, and look at My hands; and reach your hand here, and put it into My side. Do
not be unbelieving, but believing.
J n 20.28
And Thomas answered and said to Him, My Lord and my
God.
J n 20.29
J esus said to him, Thomas, because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are
those who have not seen and yet have believed.
J n 20.30
And truly J esus did many other signs in the

30
The appearance of J esus to Peter is not described, but took place some time before they returned to meet with the disciples on Sunday evening. 1
Corinthians 15:5 says: and that He was seen by Cephas, then by the twelve. There is no other account of J esus appearance to Peter.
31
Mark 16:14 says he manifested Himself to the eleven (cf. Mat 28:16; 24:9, 33). We should not press the literalness of the number too far. J ohn 20:24
says Thomas, called the Twin, one of the twelve, was not with themwhen J esus came. More importantly, in the meeting that took place eight days later
when Thomas was with them, recorded in J ohn 20:26 there is no description of a meal or of J esus having rebuked their unbelief.
32
Ellen Whitedescribes theweek in this way: For a wholeweek he brooded over his wretchedness, which seemed all the darker in contrast with the hope and faith
of his brethren (DA 806.4). This is thereason Jesus appeared eight days laternot becauseSunday was in someway to becometheday for Christian assembly.
Wehave no way of knowing on which day of the week Jesus appeared to the group the third time (John 21). 1 Cor. 15:5 calls themthetwelve.
16
presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book;
J n 20.31
but these are written, that you may
believe that J esus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name.

Third appearance to the group, beside the sea in Galilee
(J ohn 21:125)

J n 21.1
After these things J esus showed Himself again to the disciples at the Sea of Tiberias, and in this
way He showed Himself.
J n 21.2
Simon Peter, Thomas called the Twin, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the
sons of Zebedee, and two others of His disciples were together.
J n 21.3
Simon Peter said to them, I am
going a fishing.
They say to him, We are going with you also. They went out and immediately got into the boat,
and that night they caught nothing.
J n 21.4
But when the morning had now come, J esus stood on the shore;
yet the disciples did not know that it was J esus.
J n 21.5
Then J esus said to them, Children, do you have any food?
They answered Him, No.
J n 21.6
And He said to them, Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some.
So they cast, and now they were not able to draw it in because of the multitude of fish.
J n 21.7
Therefore that disciple whom J esus loved said to Peter, It is the Lord!
Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his outer garment (for he had removed
it), and plunged into the sea.
J n 21.8
But the other disciples came in the little boat (for they were not far
from land, but about two hundred cubits), dragging the net with fish.
J n 21.9
Then, as soon as they had
come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid on it, and bread.
J n 21.10
J esus said to them,
Bring some of the fish which you have just caught.
J n 21.11
Simon Peter went up and dragged the net to
land, full of large fish, one hundred and fifty-three; and although there were so many, the net was not
broken.
J n 21.12
J esus said to them, Come and eat breakfast. Yet none of the disciples dared ask Him,
Who are you?knowing that it was the Lord.
J n 21.13
J esus then came and took bread and gave it to
them, and likewise the fish.
J n 21.14
This is now the third time that J esus showed Himself to His disciples
after He was raised from the dead.
J n 21.15
So when they had eaten breakfast, J esus said to Simon Peter,
Simon, son of J onah, do you love me more than these?
He said to Him, Yes, Lord; You know that I love You.
He said to him, Feed My lambs.
J n 21.16
He said to him again a second time, Simon, son of J onah, do you love me?
He said to Him, Yes, Lord; You know that I love you.
He said to him, Tend My sheep.
J n 21.17
He said to him the third time, Simon, son of J onah, do you love me?
Peter was grieved because He said to him the third time, Do you love me? And he said to Him,
Lord, You know all things; You know that I love you.
J esus said to him, Feed my sheep.
J n 21.18
Most assuredly, I say to you, when you were younger, you
girded yourself and walked where you wished; but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands,
and another will gird you and carry you where you do not wish.
J n 21.19
This He spoke, signifying by
what death he would glorify God. And when He had spoken this, He said to him, Follow me.
J n 21.20
Then Peter, turning around, saw the disciple whom J esus loved following, who also had leaned
on His breast at supper, and said, Lord, who is the one who betrays you?
J n 21.21
Peter, seeing him, said
to J esus, But Lord, what about this man?
J n 21.22
J esus said to him, If I will that he remain till I come, what is that to you? You follow Me.
J n
21.23
Then this saying went out among the brethren that this disciple would not die. Yet J esus did not say
to him that he would not die, but, If I will that he remain till I come, what is that to you?
J n 21.24
This is
the disciple which testifies of these things, and wrote these things; and we know that his testimony is
true.
J n 21.25
And there are also many other things that J esus did, which if they were written one by one, I
suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that would be written. Amen.
17

In Galilee
(Mark 16:1518; Matt. 28:1620; 1 Cor. 15:6)

Mt 28.16
Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, to the mountain, which J esus had appointed
for them.
1Co 15.6
He was seen by over five hundred brethren at once.
Mt 28.17
When they saw Him, they
worshipped Him; but some doubted.
Mt 28.18
And J esus came and spoke to them, saying, All authority has
been given to Me in heaven and on earth.
Mt 28.19
Go therefore,
Mk 16.15
into all the world and preach the
gospel to every creature;
Mt 28.19
and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the
Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
Mt 28.20
teaching them to observe all things that I have
commanded you:
Mk 16.16
He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will
be condemned.
Mk 16.17
And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out
demons; they will speak with new tongues;
Mk 16.18
they will take up serpents, and if they drink anything
deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.
Mt 28.20
And
lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.



Thursday (40 days after the crucifixion; 10 days before Pentecost)
(Acts 1:38; 1 Cor. 15:7)

Ac 1.3
To whom also He presented Himself alive after His suffering by many infallible proofs, being
seen by them forty days and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God. (
1Co 15.7
After that
He was seen by J ames, then by all the apostles.)
Ac 1.4
And being assembled together with them, He
commanded them not to depart from J erusalem, but to wait for the Promise of the Father, which, He
said, you have heard from Me;
Ac 1.5
for J ohn truly baptized with water; but you shall be baptized with
the Holy Spirit not many days from now.
Ac 1.6
Therefore, when they had come together, they asked
Him, saying, Lord, will you at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?
Ac 1.7
And He said to them, It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in his
own authority.
Ac 1.8
But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall
be witnesses to Me in J erusalem, and in all J udaea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.



On Mount Olivet between Jerusalem and Bethany
(Mark 16:1920; Luke 24:5053; Acts 1:912)

Lk 24.50
And He led them out as far as Bethany, and He lifted up his hands, and blessed them.
Lk 24.51
Now it came to pass, while He blessed them, that He was parted from them and carried up into heaven
Ac 1.9
and a cloud received Him out of their sight (
Mk 16.19
and sat down at the right hand of God).
Ac 1.10

And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them in
white apparel,
Ac 1.11
Who also said, Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This
same J esus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you have seen
Him go into heaven.
Lk 24.52
And they worshipped Him, and returned to J erusalem with great joy
Ac 1.12
from the mount called Olivet, which is near J erusalem a Sabbath days journey.
Lk 24.53
And were
continually in the temple blessing God.
Mk 16.20
And they went out and preached everywhere, the Lord
working with them and confirming the word through the accompanying signs. Amen.