LESSON 6: REMEMBERING JESUS’ LAST DAYS
JESUS’ PREDICTION OF HIS PASSION
1st PREDICTION: In the first prediction, Jesus simply announced that He
would suffer, die, and rise again after three days, but He did not give any
details about this. The apostles did not understand Jesus’ words at all. (See
Mk 8:31-33 for more biblical reference.)
2nd PREDICTION: In the second prediction, the mood was more intense.
There was a hint of betrayal in the phrase “to be handed over to men.” The
apostles were very quiet. (See Mk 9:30-32 for more biblical reference.)
3rd PREDICTION: In the third prediction, Jesus included specific details of His
suffering: the mocking and scourging. Jesus was described as walking ahead
of the apostles, suggesting the intensity of His desire to fulfill His mission.
The apostles were completely bewildered, yet they followed Jesus because
they loved Him.
LAST SUPPER EVENTS
1. Washing of the Feet - represents Jesus’ whole life of loving service,
which reached its climax during His Death on the Cross.
- A symbol of the mystery of divine forgiveness-to make us fit for the table of
fellowship with God and with another.
2. The Institution of the Eucharist – Jesus instituted the eucharist during
the Last Supper, the New Passover meal in His Body and Blood with the
apostles.
3. The New Commandment of Love – Jesus’ commandment of love is a
new standard of being His followers.
MT. OLIVES – it is where Jesus’ Passion began.
HEMATIDROSIS- an extremely rare condition in which you sweat blood.
- Experienced by Jesus in His agony in the garden of Gethsemane.
SCOURGING – A legal preliminary Roman execution, and only women and
Roman senators or soldiers (except in cases of desertion) were exempted.
JESUS’ TRIAL
- is a stage act (not authentic or genuine) but necessary to legitimize the
condemnation of Jesus.
- Jesus was examined 5 times (by Annas, Caiaphas, Pilate, Herod).
- Jesus’ final verdict is blasphemy which is punishable by death.
GOLGOTHA - “place of the skull” where the crucifixion took place.
FLAGRUM - consists of a rope with metal balls, bones, and metal spikes.
CRUCIFIXION – The cruelest form of punishment humanity ever made.
- an important method of capital punishment particularly among the
Persians, Seleucids, Carthaginians, and Romans from about the 6th century
BCE to the 4th century CE.
- Constantine the Great, the first Christian emperor, abolished it in the
Roman Empire in the early 4th century CE out of veneration for Jesus Christ,
the most famous victim of crucifixion.
TACHYCARDIA – medical term that describes Jesus’ cause of death.
JESUS’ DEATH ON THE CROSS – an expiatory for our sins.
SIMON OF CYRENE – a visiting pilgrim to Jerusalem who helped Jesus carry
the cross.
JOSEPH OF ARIMATHEA – asked Jesus’ body and buried in a new garden
tomb.
