On the following pages, you will find a chart. The column on the right provides a list of parallel Bible accounts that describe the events prior to Jesus’ death. Included also in this listing are the chapters from the book The Greatest Man Who Ever Livedc that explain the events.

The column on the left compares the dates of those events with the days they correspond to this year. Why not take time to read at least some of the passages of Scripture on each of the days leading up to the Lord’s Evening Meal? It will help you to prepare for the most important day of the year.

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THE FINAL WEEK

2011 Tues. April 12

▪ Sabbath

□ John 11:55–12:1

□ gt 101, pars. 2-4d

NISAN 9 (begins at sunset)

In Bible times the new day began in the evening, after sunset, and ended the next day at sunset

▪ Feast with Simon the leper

▪ Mary anoints with nard

▪ Jews come to visit Jesus and Lazarus

□ Matthew 26:6-13

□ Mark 14:3-9

□ John 12:2-11

□ gt 101, pars. 5-9

2011 Wed. April 13

▪ Triumphal entry into Jerusalem

▪ Teaches in temple

□ Matthew 21:1-11, 14-17

□ Mark 11:1-11

□ Luke 19:29-44

□ John 12:12-19

□ gt 102

NISAN 10 (begins at sunset)

▪ Spends night in Bethany

2011 Thurs. April 14

▪ Early trip into Jerusalem

▪ Cleanses temple

▪ Jehovah speaks from heaven

□ Matthew 21:12, 13, 18, 19

□ Mark 11:12-19

□ Luke 19:45-48

□ John 12:20-50

□ gt 103, 104

NISAN 11 (begins at sunset)

2011 Fri. April 15

▪ Teaches at temple, using illustrations

▪ Condemns Pharisees

▪ Notes widow’s contribution

▪ Predicts Jerusalem’s fall

▪ Gives sign of future presence

□ Matthew 21:19–25:46

□ Mark 11:20–13:37

□ Luke 20:1–21:38

□ gt 105 to 112, par. 1

NISAN 12 (begins at sunset)

2011 Sat. April 16

▪ Quiet day with disciples in Bethany

▪ Judas arranges betrayal

□ Matthew 26:1-5, 14-16

□ Mark 14:1, 2, 10, 11

□ Luke 22:1-6

□ gt 112, pars. 2-4

NISAN 13 (begins at sunset)

2011 Sun. April 17

▪ Peter and John prepare for Passover

▪ Jesus and other ten apostles follow in late afternoon

□ Matthew 26:17-19

□ Mark 14:12-16

□ Luke 22:7-13

□ gt 112, par. 5 to 113, par. 1

NISAN 14 (begins at sunset)

▪ Celebrates Passover

▪ Washes feet of apostles

▪ Dismisses Judas

▪ Institutes Memorial of his death

□ Matthew 26:20-35

□ Mark 14:17-31

□ Luke 22:14-38

□ John 13:1–17:26

□ gt 113, par. 2 to the end of 116

midnight

2011 Mon. April 18

▪ Betrayed and arrested in garden of Gethsemane

▪ Apostles flee

▪ Tried by Sanhedrin

▪ Peter denies Jesus

□ Matthew 26:36-75

□ Mark 14:32-72

□ Luke 22:39-62

□ John 18:1-27

□ gt 117 to the end of 120

▪ Stands before Sanhedrin again

▪ Taken to Pilate, then Herod, then back to Pilate

▪ Sentenced to death and impaled

▪ Dies about three o’clock in the afternoon

▪ Body removed and buried

□ Matthew 27:1-61

□ Mark 15:1-47

□ Luke 22:63–23:56

□ John 18:28-19:42

□ gt 121 to 127, par. 7

NISAN 15 (begins at sunset)

▪ Sabbath

2011 Tues. April 19

▪ Pilate approves posting guards at Jesus’ grave

□ Matthew 27:62-66

□ gt 127, pars. 8-9

NISAN 16 (begins at sunset)

□ Mark 16:1

2011 Wed. April 20

▪ Resurrected

▪ Appears to disciples

□ Matthew 28:1-15

□ Mark 16:2-8

□ Luke 24:1-49

□ John 20:1-25

□ gt 127, par. 10 to 129, par. 10

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