Welcome to Holy Week. In this course, each day will include a video, Scripture reading, and reflection leading up to Easter Sunday. A concluding section will recap the week and give the learner time to consider other applications of Christ’s death and resurrection.

Jesus Enters Jerusalem

Matthew 21:1–11; Mark 11:1–10; Luke 19:29–44; John 12:12–19

Jesus Predicts His Death

John 12:20–36

Jesus Visits the Temple

Matthew 21:14–17; Mark 11:11

Jesus Curses a Fig Tree

Matthew 21:18–19; Mark 11:12–14

Jesus Cleanses the Temple

Matthew 21:12–13; Mark 11:15–18; Luke 19:45–48

The Lesson from the Fig Tree

Matthew 21:20–22; Mark 11:20–26

Jesus Teaches in the Temple

Matthew 21:23–23:39; Mark 11:27–12:44; Luke 20:1–21:4

Jesus Predicts the Future

Matthew 24–25; Mark 13:1–37; Luke 21:5–36

Jesus Continues His Daily Teaching in the Temple

Luke 21:37–38

The Sanhedrin Plots to Kill Jesus

Matthew 26:3–5; Mark 14:1–2; Luke 22:1–2

Jesus Instructs His Disciples Peter and John to Secure a Room for Passover

Matthew 26:17–19; Mark 14:12–16; Luke 22:7–13

Jesus Eats the Passover Meal with the Twelve, Tells Them of the Coming Betrayal, and Institutes the Lord’s Supper

Matthew 26:20–29; Mark 14:17–23; Luke 22:14–30

Jesus Washes the Disciples’ Feet, Interacts with Them, and Delivers the Upper Room Discourse

John 13:1–17:26

Jesus and the Disciples Sing a Hymn Together, Then Depart to the Mount of Olives

Matthew 26:30; Mark 14:26; Luke 22:39

Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denials

Matthew 26:31–35; Mark 14:27–31; Luke 22:31–34

Jesus Issues Final Practical Commands about Supplies and Provisions

Luke 22:35–38

Jesus and the Disciples Go to Gethsemane

Matthew 26:36–46; Mark 14:32–42; Luke 22:40–46

Jesus is Betrayed by Judas and Arrested

Matthew 26:47–56; Mark 14:43–52; Luke 22:47–53; John 18:2–12

Jesus has an Informal Hearing before Annas

Matthew 26:57, 59–68; Mark 14:53, 55–65; Luke 22:63–71

Peter Denies Jesus and the Rooster Crows

Matthew 26:58, 69–75; Mark 14:54, 66–72; Luke 22:54–62; John 18:15–18, 25–27

Judas Returns the Silver and Hangs Himself

Matthew 27:3–10

Pilate Questions Jesus and Sends Him to Herod Antipas

Matthew 27:11–14; Mark 15:2–5; Luke 23:1–7; John 18:28–38

Herod Questions Jesus and Sends Him Back to Pilate

Luke 23:8–12

Jesus Appears before Pilate a Second Time and is Condemned to Die

Matthew 27:15–26; Mark 15:6–15; Luke 23:13–25; John 18:38–19:16

Jesus is Mocked and Marched to Golgotha

Matthew 27:27–34; Mark 15:16–23; Luke 23:26–49; John 19:17

Jesus is Crucified between Two Thieves

Matthew 27:35–44; Mark 15:24–32; Luke 23:33–43; John 19:18–27

Jesus Breathes His Last

Matthew 27:45–56; Mark 15:33–41; Luke 23:44–49; John 19:28–37

Joseph of Arimathea Buries Jesus in a New Tomb

Matthew 27:57–61; Mark 15:42–47; Luke 23:50–56; John 19:38–42

The Chief Priests and Pharisees Place Guards at the Tomb

Matthew 27:62–66

Some Women Discover the Empty Tomb

Matthew 28:1–7; Mark 16:1–7; Luke 24:1–7; John 20:1

The Women Leave the Garden and Tell the Disciples

Matthew 28:8–10; Luke 24:8–11; John 20:2

Peter and John Rush to the Tomb and Discover It Empty

Luke 24:12; John 20:3–10

Mary Returns to the Tomb and Encounters Jesus

John 20:11–18

Jesus Appears to Cleopas and a Friend on the Road to Emmaus

Luke 24:13–35

That Evening Jesus Appears to the Eleven (minus Thomas) in a House in Jerusalem

Luke 24:36–43; John 20:19–23

What will you do with Easter? Will your life remain unchanged, or, like the disciples, will you move from apathy to faith and surrender? Take a moment to read and reflect on 1 Corinthians 15:1–28 as you prepare for a week after celebrating the resurrection of the Son of God.

Jesus Appears to the Eleven, Including Thomas

John 20:24–31

Jesus Appears to Some at the Sea of Galilee

John 21

The Great Commission

Matthew 28:16–20; Luke 24:45–49; John 20:21–23; Acts 1:8

The Ascension

Luke 24:50–53; Acts 1:9–11