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Easter WeekA study of the events leading up to the Resurrection can draw

us closer to the Savior and foster a deeper understanding of the

Atonement.

As we approach the Easter season, Christians worldwide prepare

to commemorate the death and resurrection of the Lord JesusChrist by reading and reecting upon the scriptural accounts of

the last days of His mortal ministry. The most important parts of

this storythe Saviors atoning work, consisting of His suf-

fering in the Garden of Gethsemane, His crucixion, and His

triumphant rising from the tombare well known to Latter-day

Saints. We are grateful for Restoration scripture that gives us

added insights and understanding of their signicance.

However, the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John in-

clude additional events that prepare Christians to understand the

symbolism of the Atonement and why Jesus was uniquely quali-

ed to work an innite and eternal sacrice (Alma 34:10).

Occasionally the four Gospel authors differ in their emphasisof certain aspects of these events, but these differences do not

detract from the historical truth of the Saviors actions and

teachings. Indeed, they give readers added insights and perspec-

tives into four mosaics1 that function together like different

facets of the same diamond.

(Reections on the Saviors Last Week By Eric D. Huntsman)

THE WEEK OF

THE ATONING SACRIFICE

Matthew Mark Luke J

FIRST DAY

Jerusalem and Bethany, Judea Nisan/AprilTriumphal Entry into Jerusalem

21:111 11:110 19:2944 12:121

Certain Greeks Visit Christa Voice fromHeaven

12:203

Return to Bethany 11:11

SECOND DAY

Cursing of the Barren Fig Tree 21:1819 11:1214

Second Cleansing of the Temple 21:1216 11:1518 19:4548

Return to Bethany 21:17 11:19 21:37

THIRD DAY

Discourse on Faith 21:1922 11:2026 21:38

Question of Authority 21:2327 11:2733 20:18

Parable of the Two SonsParable of the Wicked Husbandmen

21:283221:3346 12:112 20:918

Parable of the Royal Marriage FeastA Question About Tribute to CaesarMarriage After the ResurrectionThe Great Commandment

22:11422:152222:233322:3440

12:131712:182712:2834

20:192620:2740

Who Is Christs Father?Scribes and Pharisees Are CondemnedJesus Laments over Jerusalem

22:414623:13623:3739

12:353712:3840

20:414420:4547

The Widows MiteChrist Declares the Purpose of His Mission

12:4144 21:1412:375

Olivet Discourse 24:151 13:137 21:536

Parable of the Ten Virgins 25:113

Parable of the Entrusted Talents 25:1430

The Inevitable and Final Judgment 25:3146

Also read Joseph SmithMatthew, which is the Prophets inspired revision of Matthew 24.

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Jesus Betrayal Foretold 26:1, 2

The Plot Against Jesus 26:35 14:1, 2 22:1, 2

Judas Arranges Betrayal 26:1416 14:10, 11 22:36

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FOURTH DAY -Wednesday - This day is spent outside the city and the scriptures do not indicate what he did.

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FIFTH DAY

Arrangements for the Passover Meal 26:1719 14:1216 22:713

Strife over Precedence in t he Passover

Chamber

Jesus Washes the Apostles Feet

26:20 14:17 22:14; 24:30

13:120

Passover MealIntroduction of the

Sacrament

26:2629 14:2225 22:1520

Jesus Indicates the Betrayer

Judas Leaves the Chamber

Jesus Foretells His Own Death

26:2125 14:1821 22:2123 13:2126

13:2730

13:3135

Apostles Express Loyalty 26:3135 14:2731 22:3138 13:3638

Jerusalem, Judea

Discourse About the Comforter

14:131

They Sing a HymnProceed to the Mount

of Olives

26:30 14:26 22:39

Their Relationship to Christ and the World;

His Death Explained

15:127; 16:133

High Priestly Prayer 17:126

Agony in Gethsemane 26:3646 14:3242 22:4046 18:1, 2

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SIXTH DAY

The Betrayal by JudasThe Arrest

26:475026:5156

14:434514:4652

22:47, 4822:4953

18:2918:1012

Jesus Questioned by AnnasExamined Before Caiaphas 26:5768 14:5365

22:54, 55,6365

18:13, 192418:1416, 18

Peter Denies Knowing Jesus 26:6975 14:6672 22:5562 18:17, 2527

Formal Trial and Condemnation 27:1, 2 15:1 22:6671; 23:1

Judas Iscariots DeathBefore PilateBefore Herod

27:31027:1114 15:25 23:25

23:61218:2838

Again Before PilateBarabbas ReleasedPilate Sentences Jesus

The Way to Calvary

27:152327:263027:24, 25

27:3134, 38

15:61415:151915:2023, 25, 27,

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23:132323:2523:24

23:2633

18:39, 4019:1319:416

19:1618

Superscription on the Cross

His First Utterance on the CrossSoldiers Divide His ClothingMocking and Scoffing

27:37

27:35, 3627:3944

15:26

15:2415:2932

23:38

23:3423:3423:3537

19:1922

19:23, 24

Second Utterance from the CrossThird Utterance by the SaviorDarkness Covers the Earth

Fourth Statement

27:45

27:46, 47

15:33

15:34, 35

23:3943

23:44, 4519:2527

Fifth StatementSixth Utterance

Final Utterance; Jesus DiesCenturions Testimony

27:48, 49

27:5027:5156

15:36

15:3715:3841

23:4623:45, 4749

19:28, 2919:30

19:30

His Side PiercedHis Burial

27:5761 15:4247 23:5056 19:313719:3842

THE WEEK OF

THE ATONING SACRIFICE

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be a king of the Jews. Though Pilates examination found

Jesus guiltless of the charge, the Jewish leaders had incited

the crowd to destroy Jesus. (Matthew 27:20.) Fearing a

demonstration, Pilate gave in to the clamor to crucify Jesus,

and the death sentence was pronounced. And so Jesus was

executed by the brutal Roman practice of crucixion. Later

that afternoon he

voluntarily gave up his spirit. The next day, which began at

sundown, was the Passover, and the Jewish leaders abhorred

the idea that a man should remain on a cross on the Sabbath,

particularly the paschal Sabbath. Before nightfall, Jesus body

was removed from the cross and buried in a sealed tomb bytwo revering disciples.

Seventh Day

This was the Jewish Sabbath. Jesus body remained in the

tomb, but in spirit he ministered in the realm of departed spir-

its. (See 1 Peter 3:1820.)

Day of the Resurrection

Had the gospel ended with Jesus burial, there wouldbe no

gospel story, no good news. The great message of these

testators is that Jesus was risen and was seen again by many

witnesses. On the rst day of the week, the most memorable

Sunday in history,Jesus Christ emerged alive from the tomb,and appeared before Mary. The testimony of these witnesses

constitutes the gospel story, the good news.

These are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the

Christ, the son of God; and that believing ye might have life

through his name. (John 20:31.) ( The Life and Teachings of Jesus and His Apostles COURSEMANUAL (Religion 211212) CES)

Guard: I was bribed to say that Jesus disciples tookHim away in the night. (Matthew 28:24, 1115,

Matt. 28:24, 1115)

Mary Magdalene: I was the rst to come to the

tombI saw Jesus in the garden, and He called my

name. (John 20:1, 1116)

Mary: I saw the resurrected Lord and touched His

feet. (Matthew 28:1, 510, Matt. 28:1, 510, Luke

24:10)

Peter and John: We ran to the empty tomb and found

only Jesus burial clothes. (John 20:210)

Disciples: The Savior appeared to us, even though the

door was shut. (John 20:1920)

Discipile: The Savior ate sh and honey, showing that

He has a body of esh and bone. (Luke 24:4143)

Thomas: I touched the nail markings on Jesus. (John

20:2429)

Paul: Me and more than 500 other people saw Christ

after He was resurrected. (1 Corinthians 15: heading,

68, 1 Cor. 15:68)

Nephites: The resurrected Christ came to us in the

Americas. (3 Ne. 11:612)

Witnesses to the Resurrected Christ The greatest events of history are those which affect the greanumber for the longest periods. By this standard, no event co

be more important to individuals or nations than the Resurreof the Master. The eventual resurrection of every soul who h

lived and died on earth is a scriptural certainty, and surely th

is no event for which one should make more careful prepara

Nothing is more absolutely universal than the resurrection. E

living being will be resurrected. For as in Adam all die, eve

in Christ shall all be made alive (1 Cor. 15:22).

Yes, the Resurrection of Jesus Christ is a glorious reality. He

became the rst fruits of them that slept. He truly rose from

tomb the third day, as He and His prophets foretold, and bec

in very deed the resurrection and the life (John 4:6). He br

the bonds of death for all of us. We, too, will be resurrected.

spirits will be reunited with our bodies (see Alma 11:43). Yes, this same Jesus has already come to earth in our day. Th

Resurrected Christgloried, exalted, the God of this world

under the Fatherappeared to the boy Joseph Smith in 1820

This same Jesus who was the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Ja

the God of Moses, the Creator of this earth, has come in our

He was introduced by the Father to Joseph Smith in these w

This is My Beloved Son. Hear Him! (JSH 1:17).

The appearance of God the Father and His Son Jesus Christ

the boy Prophet is the greatest event that has occurred in this

world since the Resurrection of the Master. As the restored

Church of Jesus Christ we humbly and gratefully bear this w

ness to all men. This message is a world message. It is the tr(The Greatest Event in History, President Ezra Taft Benson)

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It has been almost two thousand years since the wondrous

occasion when death was conquered. We still do not know

how the Savior was able to take upon Himself and bear

our transgressions, our foolishness, our grief, our sorrows,

and our burdens. It was indenable and unfathomable. It

was almost unbearable. The indescribable agony was so

great in Gethsemane that his sweat was as it were great

drops of blood falling down to the ground. (Luke 22:44.)

The haunting cry on the cross, in a loud voice in His native

Aramaic, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being in-

terpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?(Mark 15:34) gives but a mere glimpse of His suffering

and humiliation. One cannot help wondering how many of

those drops of precious blood each of us may be responsi-

ble for. (The Supernal Gift of the Atonement, Elder James

E. Faust)

Now, the next thing of which I am certain, and of which

I bear witness, is the Atonement of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Without it life is meaningless. It is the keystone in the

arch of our existence. It afrms that we lived before we

were born in mortality. Mortality is but a stepping-stoneto a more glorious existence in the future. The sorrow of

death is softened with the promise of the Resurrection.

There would be no Christmas if there were no Easter. (The

Things of Which I Know, President Gordon B. Hinckley)

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