Harmony of the Events of Holy Week
Day | Event | Matthew | Mark | Luke | John |
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Friday/Saturday | Jesus arrives in Bethany | 12:1 | |||
Mary anoints Jesus | 12:2–8 | ||||
Crowd comes to see Jesus | 12:9–11 | ||||
Sunday | Triumphal entry into Jerusalem | 21:1–11 | 11:1–10 | 19:28–44 | 12:12–18 |
Some Greeks seek Jesus | 12:20–36 | ||||
Jesus weeps over Jerusalem | 19:41 | ||||
Enters temple | 11:11 | ||||
Returns to Bethany | 21:17 | 11:11 | |||
Monday | Jesus curses the fig tree | 21:18–19 | 11:12–14 | ||
Clears the temple | 21:12–13 | 11:15–17 | 19:45–46 | ||
Returns to Bethany with the Twelve | 11:19 | ||||
Tuesday | Disciples see the withered fig tree on the return to Jerusalem | 21:20–22 | 11:20–21 | ||
Temple controversies in Jerusalem | 21:23–23:39 | 11:27–12:44 | 20:1–21:4 | ||
Olivet Discourse on the return to Bethany | 24:1–25:46 | 13:1–37 | 21:5–36 | ||
Wednesday | Jesus continues daily teaching in the temple | 21:37–38 | |||
Sanhedrin plots to kill Jesus | 26:3–5 | 14:1–2 | 22:1–2 | ||
Wednesday/Thursday | Preparations for the Passover | 26:17–19 | 14:12–16 | 22:7–13 | |
Thursday | Passover meal/Last Supper | 26:20–35 | 14:17–26 | 22:14–30 | |
Upper Room Discourse | 13:1–17:26 | ||||
Jesus prays in Gethsemane | 26:36–46 | 14:32–42 | 22:39–46 | ||
Friday | Betrayal and arrest (after midnight?) | 26:47–56 | 14:43–52 | 22:47–53 | 18:2–12 |
Jewish trial: | |||||
—before Annas | 18:13–24 | ||||
—before Caiaphas and part of the Sanhedrin | 26:57–75 | 14:53–72 | 22:54–65 | 18:19–24 | |
—before full Sanhedrin (after sunrise?) | 27:1–2 | 15:1 | 22:66–71 | ||
Roman trials: | |||||
—before Pilate | 27:2–14 | 15:2–5 | 23:1–5 | ||
—before Herod | 23:6–12 | ||||
—before Pilate | 27:15–26 | 15:6–15 | 23:13–25 | 18:28–19:16 | |
Crucifixion (approx. 9:00 A.M.to 3:00 P.M.) | 27:27–54 | 15:16–39 | 23:26–49 | 19:16–37 | |
Burial (evening) | 27:57–61 | 15:42–47 | 23:50–54 | 19:38–42 | |
Sunday | Empty-tomb witnesses | 28:1–8 | 16:1–8 | 24:1–12 | |
Resurrection appearances | 28:9–20 | 16:9–20 | 24:13–53 | 20:1–21:25 |