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Exploring God’s Word — Lesson 7
I.
The Road to Calvary
The last week of Christ’s life before His crucifixion saw many prophecies fulfilled and demonstrated the compassion of Jesus for both His friends and enemies.
1.
The Triumphal Entry
Fulfilling , Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey.
This event is commonly called His triumphal entry.
It is found in , with parallel accounts in and .
As Jesus and His disciples came near Jerusalem, He sent two of them to a nearby village with instructions to return with a donkey and a colt they would find.
Jesus instructed them that if anyone said anything to them they were to respond, “The Lord hath need of them,” whereupon they would be allowed to take the animals.
The disciples did so, placing clothes on the back of the animals and setting Jesus on them.
A great crowd of people greeted him, spreading garments on the path.
Others placed branches of trees on the ground for the animals to walk on.
Multitudes cried, “Hosanna to the son of David: blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; hosanna in the highest!”
As the procession came into Jerusalem, the cry went up, “Who is this?” “This is Jesus, the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee,” responded the multitude.
It would be but a few days until the inhabitants of the same city who had cried, “Hosanna to the son of David,” would be screaming, “Crucify Him! Crucify Him!”
2. The Last Supper
The next event that occurred during the week before the Crucifixion is known as the Last Supper.
records this event, with parallel passages in and .
Every year, the Jews kept the Feast of the Passover in remembrance of their deliverance from Egyptian slavery.
During
the week before Jesus was crucified, at the Passover meal, Jesus instituted something new for the disciples.
“And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.
And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; for this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins” ().
Jesus revealed to His disciples that this meal would have a special meaning.
It is called the Lord’s Supper, and it signifies that Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us ().
Paul explained the meaning in .
“For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord’s death till he come” ().
• The bread represents Christ’s body.
• The fruit of the vine symbolizes His blood.
• This ordinance is to be observed.
• This ordinance should continue until the Lord’s return.
Before Jesus instituted this supper, He said, “Verily I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.”
The disciples were very sorrowful and began to ask, “Lord, is it I?” Jesus responded, “He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me.”
Judas then asked, “Master, is it I?” Jesus replied, “Thou hast said.”
Judas then left the room and went out to consummate his betrayal of Jesus ().
3. Gethsemane
Following the supper, Jesus and His disciples came to the Garden of Gethsemane.
He told eight of them to remain behind while He went to pray.
He then took Peter, James, and John with Him a little farther into the garden.
He asked them to watch with Him.
He was becoming very sorrowful and heavy at the prospect of His approaching betrayal and crucifixion.
Jesus went about a stone’s throw from these three and fell on His face.
He began to pray, “O
my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.”
When He returned to Peter, James, and John, He found them asleep.
“What!” Jesus said to Peter.
“Could ye not watch with me one hour?
Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak” ().
4. Betrayal
Sometime later, after much prayer, He woke them with these fateful words: “Rise, let us be going: behold, he is at hand that doth betray me” ().
While Jesus was still speaking, Judas came with a great multitude armed with swords and clubs.
Judas came to Jesus and said, “Hail, master.”
Judas then kissed Him.
This was the prearranged signal to identify Christ to the mob.
Jesus said to Judas, “Friend, wherefore art thou come?”
They then took Jesus away.
5.
The Trial
Jesus’ trial was a mockery ().
He was led to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and elders were gathered.
Arrangements had been made for false witnesses to testify against Jesus so that He might be put to death.
As far as the high priest was concerned, Jesus had sealed His fate.
He tore his garment and said, “He hath spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses?
behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy.”
He asked the others, “What think ye?”
They agreed, “He is guilty of death.”
They then spit in Jesus’ face, hit Him, and struck Him with the palms of their hands.
They jeered, “Prophesy unto us, thou Christ, Who is he that smote thee?”
Following these tragic events, Jesus was led from Caiaphas to Pilate (; ).
Pilate was the Roman governor
over Judea, and he was responsible to carry out the death penalty on criminals.
Pilate queried, “What accusation bring ye against this man?”
After questioning Jesus, Pilate went out of the judgment hall and said to the Jews, “I find in him no fault at all.
But ye have a custom, that I should release unto you one at the passover.
Will ye therefore that I release unto you the King of the Jews?”
“Not this man,” they cried, “but Barabbas.”
Barabbas was a robber, insurrectionist, and murderer ().
The crowd in their frenzy rejected the Son of God and chose a criminal.
6. Jesus Beaten
As a result of their request, Pilate had Jesus scourged.
Little did these Jews know, nor did Pilate know, that their very actions fulfilled prophecies given by holy men of God many years previously.
The prophet Isaiah said, “But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed” ().
The stripes that Jesus took at the hand of Pilate’s men paid the price for our healing.
Many years later Peter said, “Who his own self bare our sins . . .
by whose stripes ye were healed” ().
Total redemption, both from all sin and all sickness, is seen in : “Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases.”
The price Jesus paid was not a partial price, but a complete price for all.
Healing of the sick is one of the signs that follow believers.
Jesus said, “These signs shall follow them that believe; In my name . . .
they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover” (Mark
16:17–18).
The Bible gives instructions to pray for the healing of believers today: “Is any sick among you?
let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: and the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up” ().
It is God’s will to heal the sick.
We simply need to have faith in Jesus and the price that He paid, and obey the Word of God.
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II.
Christ Died for Us
The crucifixion of Jesus is the central event in the entire history of the human race.
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