Passion Week

Supper, garden, cross, atonement, resurrection, and ascension.

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The Last Supper

The Last Supper is a key waypoint in Passion Week. Jesus’ final meal with the Twelve on the night before his crucifixion, remembered in the Synoptic Gospels and Paul as the setting for the institution…

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Gethsemane

Gethsemane is a key waypoint in Passion Week. Gethsemane is a garden or estate on the western slope or foot of the Mount of Olives, near Jerusalem, remembered in the Gospels as the place where…

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The Crucifixion

The Crucifixion is a key waypoint in Passion Week. The crucifixion is the death of Jesus of Nazareth by Roman execution under Pontius Pilate at Golgotha, narrated in all four canonical Gospels and…

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Atonement

Atonement is a key waypoint in Passion Week. God's provision for human sin — the sacrificial system and its fulfillment in Christ's cross.

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Resurrection of Christ

Resurrection of Christ is a key waypoint in Passion Week. On the third day God raised Jesus bodily from the dead, vindicating his identity and atoning work and inaugurating new creation life, as testified in…

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The Ascension

The Ascension is a key waypoint in Passion Week. The Ascension is the New Testament event in which the risen Jesus, forty days after the resurrection, is taken up from his disciples into heaven and…

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Next, step into Pentecost and watch how the route narrows or widens.

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Pentecost

Pentecost is a key waypoint in Passion Week. Pentecost is the event in Acts 2 in which the risen Jesus' disciples receive the Holy Spirit, speak in other languages, and begin the public mission…

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