As we dip our toes into the beginning of Holy Week, I wonder if you have ever sat down and read a gospel passage each day and journeyed with Jesus. Allowed yourself to pause and reflect on the events unfolding, the actions of the disciples and the emotional rollercoaster Jesus experiences and the agony he endured. Accompanying Jesus as he makes his way from being hailed as a king – entering Jerusalem on a donkey (Luke 19:28-40), as he weeps over Jerusalem and overturns the tables in the temple (Luke 19:41-48), Judas’s fall and the Passover preparation (Luke 22:13), Jesus celebrating the Passover meal with his friends (Luke 22:14-23), Jesus predicting Peter’s denial (Luke 22:31-34), Jesus praying on the Mount of Olives (Luke 22:39-46), Jesus’s betrayal and arrest (Luke 22:47-53), Peter’s denial of Jesus (Luke 22:54-62), the treatment of Jesus following his arrest; coming before Pilate and Herod (Luke 22:63-71), Jesus being sentenced to death (Luke 23:13-25), the crucifixion, death and burial of Jesus (Luke 22:26-56), to the resurrection on that very first Easter morning (Luke 24:1-12). Each year we follow Jesus journey through one of the synoptic gospels, this year it is Luke, but if you would like to read the accounts in Matthew’s Gospel then look at Chapter 21:1-17 and Chapter 26 & 27. If you don’t have a Bible but do have a phone there are free Bible apps to download.
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