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Easter WeekA study of the events leading up to the Resurrection can draw
us closer to the Savior and foster a deeper understanding of the
Atonement.
As we approach the Easter season, Christians worldwide prepare
to commemorate the death and resurrection of the Lord JesusChrist by reading and reecting upon the scriptural accounts of
the last days of His mortal ministry. The most important parts of
this storythe Saviors atoning work, consisting of His suf-
fering in the Garden of Gethsemane, His crucixion, and His
triumphant rising from the tombare well known to Latter-day
Saints. We are grateful for Restoration scripture that gives us
added insights and understanding of their signicance.
However, the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John in-
clude additional events that prepare Christians to understand the
symbolism of the Atonement and why Jesus was uniquely quali-
ed to work an innite and eternal sacrice (Alma 34:10).
Occasionally the four Gospel authors differ in their emphasisof certain aspects of these events, but these differences do not
detract from the historical truth of the Saviors actions and
teachings. Indeed, they give readers added insights and perspec-
tives into four mosaics1 that function together like different
facets of the same diamond.
(Reections on the Saviors Last Week By Eric D. Huntsman)
THE WEEK OF
THE ATONING SACRIFICE
Matthew Mark Luke J
FIRST DAY
Jerusalem and Bethany, Judea Nisan/AprilTriumphal Entry into Jerusalem
21:111 11:110 19:2944 12:121
Certain Greeks Visit Christa Voice fromHeaven
12:203
Return to Bethany 11:11
SECOND DAY
Cursing of the Barren Fig Tree 21:1819 11:1214
Second Cleansing of the Temple 21:1216 11:1518 19:4548
Return to Bethany 21:17 11:19 21:37
THIRD DAY
Discourse on Faith 21:1922 11:2026 21:38
Question of Authority 21:2327 11:2733 20:18
Parable of the Two SonsParable of the Wicked Husbandmen
21:283221:3346 12:112 20:918
Parable of the Royal Marriage FeastA Question About Tribute to CaesarMarriage After the ResurrectionThe Great Commandment
22:11422:152222:233322:3440
12:131712:182712:2834
20:192620:2740
Who Is Christs Father?Scribes and Pharisees Are CondemnedJesus Laments over Jerusalem
22:414623:13623:3739
12:353712:3840
20:414420:4547
The Widows MiteChrist Declares the Purpose of His Mission
12:4144 21:1412:375
Olivet Discourse 24:151 13:137 21:536
Parable of the Ten Virgins 25:113
Parable of the Entrusted Talents 25:1430
The Inevitable and Final Judgment 25:3146
Also read Joseph SmithMatthew, which is the Prophets inspired revision of Matthew 24.
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Jesus Betrayal Foretold 26:1, 2
The Plot Against Jesus 26:35 14:1, 2 22:1, 2
Judas Arranges Betrayal 26:1416 14:10, 11 22:36
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FOURTH DAY -Wednesday - This day is spent outside the city and the scriptures do not indicate what he did.
- Sunday
- Monday
- Tuesday
That Last Week
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FIFTH DAY
Arrangements for the Passover Meal 26:1719 14:1216 22:713
Strife over Precedence in t he Passover
Chamber
Jesus Washes the Apostles Feet
26:20 14:17 22:14; 24:30
13:120
Passover MealIntroduction of the
Sacrament
26:2629 14:2225 22:1520
Jesus Indicates the Betrayer
Judas Leaves the Chamber
Jesus Foretells His Own Death
26:2125 14:1821 22:2123 13:2126
13:2730
13:3135
Apostles Express Loyalty 26:3135 14:2731 22:3138 13:3638
Jerusalem, Judea
Discourse About the Comforter
14:131
They Sing a HymnProceed to the Mount
of Olives
26:30 14:26 22:39
Their Relationship to Christ and the World;
His Death Explained
15:127; 16:133
High Priestly Prayer 17:126
Agony in Gethsemane 26:3646 14:3242 22:4046 18:1, 2
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SIXTH DAY
The Betrayal by JudasThe Arrest
26:475026:5156
14:434514:4652
22:47, 4822:4953
18:2918:1012
Jesus Questioned by AnnasExamined Before Caiaphas 26:5768 14:5365
22:54, 55,6365
18:13, 192418:1416, 18
Peter Denies Knowing Jesus 26:6975 14:6672 22:5562 18:17, 2527
Formal Trial and Condemnation 27:1, 2 15:1 22:6671; 23:1
Judas Iscariots DeathBefore PilateBefore Herod
27:31027:1114 15:25 23:25
23:61218:2838
Again Before PilateBarabbas ReleasedPilate Sentences Jesus
The Way to Calvary
27:152327:263027:24, 25
27:3134, 38
15:61415:151915:2023, 25, 27,
28
23:132323:2523:24
23:2633
18:39, 4019:1319:416
19:1618
Superscription on the Cross
His First Utterance on the CrossSoldiers Divide His ClothingMocking and Scoffing
27:37
27:35, 3627:3944
15:26
15:2415:2932
23:38
23:3423:3423:3537
19:1922
19:23, 24
Second Utterance from the CrossThird Utterance by the SaviorDarkness Covers the Earth
Fourth Statement
27:45
27:46, 47
15:33
15:34, 35
23:3943
23:44, 4519:2527
Fifth StatementSixth Utterance
Final Utterance; Jesus DiesCenturions Testimony
27:48, 49
27:5027:5156
15:36
15:3715:3841
23:4623:45, 4749
19:28, 2919:30
19:30
His Side PiercedHis Burial
27:5761 15:4247 23:5056 19:313719:3842
THE WEEK OF
THE ATONING SACRIFICE
Matthew Mark Luke John
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Chart compiled from The Life and Teachings of Jesus and His Apostles COURSE MANUAL (Religion 211212) CES
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be a king of the Jews. Though Pilates examination found
Jesus guiltless of the charge, the Jewish leaders had incited
the crowd to destroy Jesus. (Matthew 27:20.) Fearing a
demonstration, Pilate gave in to the clamor to crucify Jesus,
and the death sentence was pronounced. And so Jesus was
executed by the brutal Roman practice of crucixion. Later
that afternoon he
voluntarily gave up his spirit. The next day, which began at
sundown, was the Passover, and the Jewish leaders abhorred
the idea that a man should remain on a cross on the Sabbath,
particularly the paschal Sabbath. Before nightfall, Jesus body
was removed from the cross and buried in a sealed tomb bytwo revering disciples.
Seventh Day
This was the Jewish Sabbath. Jesus body remained in the
tomb, but in spirit he ministered in the realm of departed spir-
its. (See 1 Peter 3:1820.)
Day of the Resurrection
Had the gospel ended with Jesus burial, there wouldbe no
gospel story, no good news. The great message of these
testators is that Jesus was risen and was seen again by many
witnesses. On the rst day of the week, the most memorable
Sunday in history,Jesus Christ emerged alive from the tomb,and appeared before Mary. The testimony of these witnesses
constitutes the gospel story, the good news.
These are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the
Christ, the son of God; and that believing ye might have life
through his name. (John 20:31.) ( The Life and Teachings of Jesus and His Apostles COURSEMANUAL (Religion 211212) CES)
Guard: I was bribed to say that Jesus disciples tookHim away in the night. (Matthew 28:24, 1115,
Matt. 28:24, 1115)
Mary Magdalene: I was the rst to come to the
tombI saw Jesus in the garden, and He called my
name. (John 20:1, 1116)
Mary: I saw the resurrected Lord and touched His
feet. (Matthew 28:1, 510, Matt. 28:1, 510, Luke
24:10)
Peter and John: We ran to the empty tomb and found
only Jesus burial clothes. (John 20:210)
Disciples: The Savior appeared to us, even though the
door was shut. (John 20:1920)
Discipile: The Savior ate sh and honey, showing that
He has a body of esh and bone. (Luke 24:4143)
Thomas: I touched the nail markings on Jesus. (John
20:2429)
Paul: Me and more than 500 other people saw Christ
after He was resurrected. (1 Corinthians 15: heading,
68, 1 Cor. 15:68)
Nephites: The resurrected Christ came to us in the
Americas. (3 Ne. 11:612)
Witnesses to the Resurrected Christ The greatest events of history are those which affect the greanumber for the longest periods. By this standard, no event co
be more important to individuals or nations than the Resurreof the Master. The eventual resurrection of every soul who h
lived and died on earth is a scriptural certainty, and surely th
is no event for which one should make more careful prepara
Nothing is more absolutely universal than the resurrection. E
living being will be resurrected. For as in Adam all die, eve
in Christ shall all be made alive (1 Cor. 15:22).
Yes, the Resurrection of Jesus Christ is a glorious reality. He
became the rst fruits of them that slept. He truly rose from
tomb the third day, as He and His prophets foretold, and bec
in very deed the resurrection and the life (John 4:6). He br
the bonds of death for all of us. We, too, will be resurrected.
spirits will be reunited with our bodies (see Alma 11:43). Yes, this same Jesus has already come to earth in our day. Th
Resurrected Christgloried, exalted, the God of this world
under the Fatherappeared to the boy Joseph Smith in 1820
This same Jesus who was the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Ja
the God of Moses, the Creator of this earth, has come in our
He was introduced by the Father to Joseph Smith in these w
This is My Beloved Son. Hear Him! (JSH 1:17).
The appearance of God the Father and His Son Jesus Christ
the boy Prophet is the greatest event that has occurred in this
world since the Resurrection of the Master. As the restored
Church of Jesus Christ we humbly and gratefully bear this w
ness to all men. This message is a world message. It is the tr(The Greatest Event in History, President Ezra Taft Benson)
He is Risen
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It has been almost two thousand years since the wondrous
occasion when death was conquered. We still do not know
how the Savior was able to take upon Himself and bear
our transgressions, our foolishness, our grief, our sorrows,
and our burdens. It was indenable and unfathomable. It
was almost unbearable. The indescribable agony was so
great in Gethsemane that his sweat was as it were great
drops of blood falling down to the ground. (Luke 22:44.)
The haunting cry on the cross, in a loud voice in His native
Aramaic, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being in-
terpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?(Mark 15:34) gives but a mere glimpse of His suffering
and humiliation. One cannot help wondering how many of
those drops of precious blood each of us may be responsi-
ble for. (The Supernal Gift of the Atonement, Elder James
E. Faust)
Now, the next thing of which I am certain, and of which
I bear witness, is the Atonement of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Without it life is meaningless. It is the keystone in the
arch of our existence. It afrms that we lived before we
were born in mortality. Mortality is but a stepping-stoneto a more glorious existence in the future. The sorrow of
death is softened with the promise of the Resurrection.
There would be no Christmas if there were no Easter. (The
Things of Which I Know, President Gordon B. Hinckley)