The GATHERING Place

Saturday, Nisan the 15th A.D. 33, the Sabbath, and the feast of unleavened bread. It is a high Sabbath because Unleavened bread was a sabbath. Some call it a double sabbath. The chief priests and Pharisees come together to Pilate asking him to seal the tomb of Jesus.Matt.27:62-66.

Friday, Nisan the 14th, the day called 'The Preparation' the day before the Sabbath. The year is A.D.33 Friday, Nisan the 14th, The Feast of Passover, The day of Jesus' crucifixion. So 'Good Friday' is correct. It is a double Sabbath week. This is also the preparation of the Passover (John 19:14). Lambs were slain …

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Thursday, Nisan the 13th, Passover; the disciples prepare to eat the Passover. Matt.26:17-19, Mark 14:12-16, Luke 22:7-13, John 13:1. The evening of the 13th, the beginning of the 14th, 6pm, the Passover is eaten and Judas begins to betray Jesus. Jesus prays in the Garden and is arrested and taken to be beaten, and he …

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Wednesday, Nisan the 12th, Jesus teaches in the temple. Luke 21:37,38.

Tuesday, Jesus curses the fig-tree (Mt.21-18-45) The same day Jesus teaches about the kingdom being a marriage (Matthew 22) and then he explains the resurrection to the Sadducees. He rebukes the Pharisees (Matthew 23), and later he tells the disciples about the destruction of the temple (Matthew 24).

Monday, Jesus’ Triumphal entry on the 10th of Nisan. Jesus cast out the money changers out of the temple. John 12:12-19, Matt.21:1-16, Mark 11:1-11b,15-19, Luke 19:28-48, John 12:20-50. By the evening time they are back in Bethany (Matt.21:17, Mark 11:11c,).

Sunday, Nisan the 9th, 33 A.D. Jesus arrives in Bethany 6, days before the Passover: John 12:1-11, Matt.26:6-16, Mark 14:3-11, Mary anoints Jesus’ feet in the evening of the 9th of Nisan, the Beginning of the 10th. The Jewish day starts the evening before at about 6pm.