Easter Special
These events happened before the destruction of the second Temple by the Romans. Up to this point, Jesus had been preaching for about three years. Jesus’ popularity grew over this time and there were many who were jealous of this. This would be the last time that Jesus would visit Jerusalem. The next time will be at his Second coming. These narratives found at the end of the Gospels are referred to as the Passion narratives. They are central to the Christian message. Easter is about New Life and the Hope of the Resurrection By reading the Apostolic Writings of the New Testament in general they all point to these events. Before Jesus was actually captured, he told his disciple that he would be crucified: “You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man is to be handed over for crucifixion.” Matthew 26:2” It doesn’t surprise me that a lot of the leaders wanted Jesus dead because he ...