Holy Week Timeline

Below is a nice Holy Week timeline...

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Easter Vigil: Exsultet

Rejoice now, all you heavenly choirs of angels;

rejoice now, all creation;

sound forth, trumpet of salvation,

and proclaim the triumph of our King.

Rejoice too, all the earth,

in the radiance of the light now poured upon you

and made brilliant by the brightness of the everlasting King;

know that the ancient darkness has been forever banished.

Rejoice, O Church of Christ,

clothed in the brightness of this light;

let all this house of God ring out with rejoicing,

with the praises of all God’s faithful people.

LSB Altar Book, Vigil of Easter

Holy Week: Saturday

As evening falls (the Jewish day begins at sunset), Jesus’ corpse is removed from the cross and laid in a fresh-cut tomb.

• Matthew 27:57-61
• Mark 15:42-47
• Luke 23:50-56
• John 19:38-42

A guard is set to watch over the tomb of Jesus to prevent His corpse from being stolen.

• Matthew 27:62-66

Source: Paul McCain, Cyberbrethren

Holy Week: Good Friday

Jesus is betrayed by Judas and arrested by the authorities (perhaps after midnight, early Friday morning).

• Matthew 26:47-56
• Mark 14:43-52
• Luke 22:47-53
• John 18:2-12

Jewish trial, phase 1: Jesus has a hearing before Annas (former high priest and Caiaphas’s father-in-law).

• John 18:13-14, 19-24

Jewish trial, phase 2: Jesus stands trial before Caiaphas and part of the Sanhedrin.

• Matthew 26:57-68
• Mark 14:53-65

Peter denies Jesus.

• Matthew 26:69-75
• Mark 14:66-72
• Luke 22:54-62
• John 18:15-18, 25-27

Jewish trial, phase 3: Jesus receives a final consultation before the full Sanhedrin and then is sent to Pontius Pilate.

• Matthew 27:1-2
• Mark 15:1
• Luke 22:63-71

Judas hangs himself.

• Matthew 27:3-10

Roman trial, phase 1: Jesus appears before Pontius Pilate and then is sent to Herod Antipas.

• Matthew 27:11-14
• Mark 15:2-5
• Luke 23:1-7

Roman trial, phase 2: Jesus appears before Herod Antipas and then is sent back to Pontius Pilate.

• Luke 23:6-12

Roman trial, phase 3: Jesus again appears before Pontius Pilate and is condemned to die.

• Matthew 27:15-26
• Mark 15:6-15
• Luke 23:13-25
• John 18:28--19:16

Jesus is crucified.

• Matthew 27:27-54
• Mark 15:16-39
• Luke 23:26-49
• John 19:16-37

“Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” [Luke 23:34]

“Truly, I say to you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.” [Luke 23:43]

“Woman, behold, your son!” “Behold, your mother!” [John 19:26-27]

“Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” that is, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” [Matthew 27:46; Mark 15:34]

“I thirst.” [John 19:28]

“It is finished.” [John 19:30]

“Father, into Your hands I commit My spirit!” Luke 23:46

Source: Paul McCain, Cyberbrethren

Holy Week: Maundy Thursday

Jesus instructs Peter and John to secure a large upper room in a house in Jerusalem and to prepare for the Passover meal.

• Matthew 26:17-19
• Mark 14:12-16
• Luke 22:7-13

In the evening Jesus eats the Passover meal with the Twelve, tells them of the coming betrayal, and institutes the Lord’s Supper.

• Matthew 26:20-29
• Mark 14:17-23
• Luke 22:14-30

Our Lord Jesus Christ, on the night when He was betrayed, took bread, and when He had given thanks, He broke it and gave it to the disciples and said: “Take eat, this is My body, which is given for you. This do in remembrance of Me.” In the same way also He took the cup after supper, and when He had given thanks, He gave it to them, saying: “Drink of it, all of you; this cup is the new testament in My blood, which is shed for you for the forgiveness of sins. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.” [LSB Divine Service]

After supper Jesus washes the disciples’ feet, interacts with them, and delivers the “upper room discourse.”

• John 13:1—17:26

Jesus and the disciples sing a hymn together (probably from Psalms 113–118), then depart to the Mount of Olives.

• Matthew 26:30
• Mark 14:26
• Luke 22:39

Jesus foretells Peter’s denials.

• Matthew 26:31-35
• Mark 14:27-31
• Luke 22:31-34

Jesus gives His disciples practical commands about supplies and provisions.

• Luke 22:35-38

Jesus and the disciples go to Gethsemane, where He struggles in prayer and they struggle to stay awake late into the night.

• Matthew 26:36-46
• Mark 14:32-42
• Luke 22:40-46

Source: Paul McCain, Cyberbrethren

Holy Week: Wednesday

Jesus continues His daily teaching in the Temple.

• Luke 21:37-38

With Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread approaching, the chief priests, elders, and scribes plot to kill Jesus.

• Matthew 26:3-5
• Mark 14:1-2
• Luke 22:1-2

Satan enters Judas, who seeks out the Jewish authorities in order to betray Jesus for a price.

• Matthew 26:14-16
• Mark 14:10-11
• Luke 22:3-6

Source: Paul McCain, Cyberbrethren

Holy Week: Tuesday

Jesus’ disciples see the withered fig tree on their return to Jerusalem from Bethany.

• Matthew 21:20-22
• Mark 11:20-21

Jesus engages in conflict with the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem.

• Matthew 21:23—23:39
• Mark 11:27—12:44
• Luke 20:1—21:4

The disciples marvel at the Temple. Jesus delivers the “Olivet discourse” on their return to Bethany from Jerusalem.

• Matthew 24:1—25:46
• Mark 13:1-37
• Luke 21:5-36

Source: Paul McCain, Cyberbrethren

Holy Week: Monday

On Monday morning Jesus and the Twelve leave Bethany to return to Jerusalem, and along the way Jesus curses the fig tree.

• Matthew 21:18-19
• Mark 11:12-14

Jesus enters Jerusalem and clears the temple.

• Matthew 21:12-13
• Mark 11:15-17
• Luke 19:45-46

In the evening Jesus and the Twelve leave Jerusalem (returning to Bethany).

• Mark 11:19

Source: Paul McCain, Cyberbrethren