Holy Week
Walk with Jesus During His Last Week on Earth
Join us as we walk through the final days of Jesus, experiencing the power and passion of the most important week of the most important Person who ever lived.
In this video series, The Final Days of Jesus from Crossway, well-known New Testament scholars explore the background and significance of the history-shaping events that occurred during Jesus's last week on earth with accompanying daily reading plan through Matthew 21–28 and parallel passages.
Sunday :: March 29, AD 33
Jesus enters Jerusalem
Matt. 21:1-11; Mark 11:1-11; Luke 19:28-40; John 12:12-19
Jesus weeps over Jerusalem
Luke 19:41-44
Monday :: March 30, AD 33
Jesus curses a fig tree
Matt. 21:18-19; Mark 11:12-14
Jesus cleanses the temple
Matt. 21:12-13; Mark 11:15-18; Luke 19:45-48
Tuesday :: March 31, AD 33
The lesson from the fig tree
Matt. 21:20-22; Mark 11:20-26
Jesus teaches in the temple
Matt 21:23-23:39; Mark 11:27-12:44; Luke 20:1-21:4
Jesus predicts the future
Matt. 24-25; Mark 13:1-37; Luke 21:5-36
Wednesday :: April 1, AD 33
Jesus continues His daily teaching in the temple
Luke 21:37-38
The Sanhedrin plots to kill Jesus
Matt. 26:3-5; Mark 14:1-2; Luke 22:1-2
Thursday :: April 2, AD 33
Jesus instructs His disciples Peter and John to secure a room for Passover
Matt. 26:17-19; Mark 14:12-16; Luke 22:7-13
Jesus eats the Passover meal with the Twelve, tells them of the coming betrayal, and institutes the Lord’s Supper
Matt. 26:20-29; Mark 14:17-23; Luke 22:14-30
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, then depart to the Mount of Olives
Matt. 26:30; Mark 14:26; Luke 22:39
Jesus predicts Peter’s denials
Matt. 26:31-35; Mark 14:27-31; Luke 22:31-34
Jesus issues final practical commands about supplies and provisions
Luke 22:35-38
Jesus and the disciples go to Gethsemane
Matt. 26:36-46; Mark 14:32-42; Luke 22:40-46
Friday :: April 3, AD 33
Jesus is betrayed by Judas and arrested
Matt. 26:47-56; Mark 14:43-52; Luke 22:47-53; John 18:2-12
Jesus has an informal hearing before Annas
Matt. 26:57, 59-68; Mark 14:53, 55-65; Luke 22:63-71
Peter denies Jesus and the rooster crows
Matt. 26:58, 69-75; Mark 14:54, 66-72; Luke 22:54b-62; John 18:15-18, 25-27
Judas returns the silver and hangs himself
Matt. 27:3-10
Pilate questions Jesus and sends him to Herod Antipas
Matt. 27:11-14; Mark 15:2-5; Luke 23:1-7; John 18:28-38
Herod questions Jesus and sends him back to Pilate
Luke 23:8-12
Jesus appears before Pilate a second time and is condemned to die
Matt. 27:15-26; Mark 15:6-15; Luke 23:13-25; John 18:28b-19:16
Jesus is mocked and marched to Golgotha
Matt. 27:27-34; Mark 15:16-23; Luke 23:26-49; John 19:17
Jesus is crucified between two thieves
Matt. 27:35-44; Mark 15:24-32; Luke 23:33-43; John 19:18-27
Jesus breathes His last
Matt. 27:45-56; Mark 15:35-41; Luke 23:44-49; John 19:28-37
Joseph of Arimathea buries Jesus in a new tomb
Matt. 27:57-61; Mark 15:42-47; Luke 23:50-56; John 19:38-42
Saturday :: April 4, AD 33
The chief priest and the Pharisees place guards at the tomb
Matt. 27:62-66
Sunday :: April 5, AD 33
Some people discover the empty tomb
Matt. 28:1-7; Mark 16:1-7; Luke 24:1-7; John 20:1
The women leave the garden and tell the disciples
Matt. 28:8-10; Luke 24:8-11; John 20:2
Peter and John rush to the tomb and discover it empty
Luke 24:12; John 20:3-10
Mary returns to the tomb and encounters Jesus
John 20:11-18
Jesus appears to Cleopas and a friend on the road to Emmaus
Luke 24:13-35
That evening Jesus appears to the Eleven (minus Thomas) in a house in Jerusalem
Luke 24:36-43; John 20:19-23
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