Part 1. A Corrected, Chronological Walk with Christ
The True Passion Week: A Corrected, Chronological Walk with Christ
(Correcting Tradition by Walking the Scripture’s True Timeline)
The air in Jerusalem was heavy — heavier than usual, as if the very stones knew that time itself was trembling.
In a week’s time, history would shatter, the heavens would be silenced, and the earth would be soaked with innocent blood.
The world, unknowingly, was holding its breath.
For centuries, many churches, Christians, pagans, and cults have celebrated (often unbiblically) what is called Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday — repeating traditions that do not fully align with the inspired record of Scripture.
This harmony seeks to follow the true steps of Christ’s Passion Week — the final days of Jesus Christ, from the week leading up to His crucifixion through His resurrection — based solely on the Bible’s plain record:
• without bending timelines,
• without inserting outside traditions,
• and without relying on speculative “idioms” to cover contradictions.
A Word of Caution:
I do not celebrate Easter, Ishtar, or any manmade religious observance.
I do not mix pagan traditions with the worship of Christ.
I believe Jesus Christ is to be honored and remembered daily, in spirit and in truth —
not by seasons ordained by men, nor by the mingling of holy things with profane.
This Passion Week harmony is not presented as a religious holiday,
but as a humble walk through the real footsteps of Christ,
faithfully revealed in the Word of God — without corruption, addition, or compromise.
A Note on Authority:
I make no claim to inspiration, revelation, or apostolic authority.
I am a servant striving to walk carefully through the perfect Word of God.
This harmony does not present new doctrine, but seeks only to restore the true timeline of Christ’s final week as Scripture plainly records it.
No interpretation here is flawless, for no man is flawless; only the Word of God stands without blemish.
As it is written:
“Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.”
(Psalm 119:140)
Come now.
Walk with Christ, from Bethany to Calvary.
Not in legend, but in living, bleeding truth.ading — without bending timelines, without inserting outside traditions, and without relying on speculative “idioms” to cover contradictions.
We find that Christ:
• Entered Bethany exactly six days before Passover (Saturday),
• Was anointed for burial by Mary that same evening,
• Made His Triumphal Entry on Monday, not Sunday,
• Was crucified on Friday, fulfilling the Scriptures of dying “the day before the Sabbath” (Mark 15:42) — with His prophecy of “three days and three nights” describing His condition (“in the heart of the earth”) more than strict 72-hour timing,
• And rose again on the third day, exactly as He said.
By walking the Scriptures carefully, we find a flawless fulfillment of prophecy, a perfect obedience to the Law, and a divine timing that no tradition can replace.
May the Holy Spirit open your eyes to see Christ’s suffering, death, and resurrection as the Scriptures truly declare — and not only to see it, but to rejoice in it not as a special “holiday” but Everyday!
DAY ONE — SATURDAY (Arrival in Bethany and the Anointing for Burial)
John 12:1–8; Matthew 26:6–13; Mark 14:3–9
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Six Days Before the Passover — Jesus Comes to Bethany
John 12:1
“Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.”
The Passover is near — only six days away.
The city of Jerusalem is swelling with pilgrims. Sacrificial lambs are being selected.
Tensions between the Pharisees and the common people are reaching a boiling point.
Jesus does not yet enter the city.
Instead, He travels from Jericho to Bethany — the small village two miles east of Jerusalem, over the Mount of Olives.
He comes to the home of friends:
• Martha, who serves.
• Mary, who listens and worships.
• Lazarus, who now lives — raised from the dead.
His arrival is quiet. No palms. No hosannas.
Just a dusty road, familiar faces, and the gathering weight of the hour.
It is still Saturday, the Sabbath day by sunrise reckoning, and His arrival fits the King James phrase exactly:
“Six days before the Passover.”
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That Evening — A Supper in His Honor
John 12:2
“There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him.”
When the Sabbath day ends at sundown, a supper is prepared —
Not in mourning, but in testimony.
This meal is hosted at the house of Simon the leper (Matthew 26:6), a man once outcast, now made whole.
At the table reclines Lazarus — living proof that death has no dominion where Christ speaks life.
Martha moves with busy devotion, serving as she always has.
And in the midst of the fellowship, Mary steps forward — carrying an alabaster box filled with spikenard, a perfume more valuable than a year’s wages.
Without a word, she breaks the box open.
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Mary Anoints Jesus — A Prophetic Act of Love
John 12:3
“Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.”
This is not a casual act.
This is worship.
This is prophecy.
This is burial preparation.
She pours the perfume over His feet — and, according to Matthew and Mark, also over His head.
The fragrance saturates the house, filling every corner.
Her hair, unbound, wipes His feet — an act of humility that no Pharisee would dare.
In a room filled with guests, one woman sees the cross ahead, and loves Him in the shadow of it.
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The Betrayer Objects — But Christ Defends
John 12:4–5
“Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, which should betray him,
Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?”
The words sound noble.
The heart behind them is rotten.
Judas, whose betrayal is already stirring in his heart, speaks of charity — but means theft (John 12:6).
Jesus silences him with simple authority:
John 12:7
“Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.”
Mary understands what even the twelve have not yet grasped.
She believes His words about death.
She anoints Him while she still can.
And Jesus accepts it — as a memorial forever.
Matthew 26:13
“Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her.”
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Time Constraints and Bible Proof
• “Six days before the Passover” — John 12:1 — Saturday (arrival)
• Supper and anointing — same evening (Saturday night after sunset) — John 12:2
• Next day = Triumphal Entry preparations — John 12:12
No day is missing. No evening misplaced.
The Authorized text fits perfectly with a Saturday arrival and anointing.
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Look Around Yourself…
If you were in that house…
You would smell the sweetness of spikenard.
You would hear the quiet murmurs of guests.
You would feel the sacred hush as Mary kneels and anoints her King.
• Some smell only waste.
• Some smell worship.
• Some plot betrayal even while the oil drips down His feet.
And Jesus?
He accepts the offering, knowing that in six days, He will be the true Passover Lamb — broken, buried, but never defeated.
DAY TWO — SUNDAY (The Gathering Crowd and the Growing Plot)
John 12:9–11; with preparation for John 12:12 onward
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The Sun Rises on Bethany — A Day of Growing Rumors
The morning dawns quietly over the Mount of Olives.
The streets of Jerusalem are buzzing — Passover is near.
But the real stirrings happen two miles away — in the village of Bethany.
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The People Seek Jesus and Lazarus
John 12:9
“Much people of the Jews therefore knew that he was there: and they came not for Jesus’ sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead.”
Word has spread like wildfire overnight:
• Jesus of Nazareth is in Bethany.
• Lazarus — the man raised from the dead — is alive and well.
They flock to Bethany — curious, amazed, suspicious.
Some come to gawk.
Some come in hope.
Some come already convinced: this is the Christ.
The resurrection of Lazarus was not a small miracle — it was an undeniable sign. It had been performed near Jerusalem, seen by many, and could not be denied even by the most hardened skeptics.
And now the evidence — Lazarus himself — is sitting at supper tables, speaking, walking, breathing.
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The Chief Priests Plot in Secret
John 12:10–11
“But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death;
Because that by reason of him many of the Jews went away, and believed on Jesus.”
They are not plotting out of confusion.
They are plotting out of fear.
• Fear of losing control.
• Fear of Rome’s retaliation if the people declare a king.
• Fear of their own religious power crumbling.
Instead of repenting at the sight of a living Lazarus, the priests harden their hearts — just as Pharaoh hardened his heart when he saw the miracles of Moses.
They do not seek truth — they seek damage control.
Thus, Sunday becomes a day of criminal conspiracy:
• They decide not only must Jesus die,
• But Lazarus must die too.
The witnesses must be silenced.
The evidence must be erased.
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The City of Jerusalem Begins to Stir
Though Jesus has not yet entered the city, His presence is already shaking it.
Crowds are:
• Leaving Jerusalem to come to Bethany
• Whispering about Lazarus
• Debating about Jesus
Tension is building beneath the surface.
The leaders plan murder.
The people look for a King.
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The Stage Is Set
“On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, took branches of palm trees…”
— John 12:12
But that’s tomorrow.
Today — Sunday — is the gathering day:
• A gathering of crowds
• A gathering of plots
• A gathering of expectations
The storm is about to break open.
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Look Around Yourself…
If you were in Bethany that day, what would you have seen?
• A village swollen with visitors
• Pilgrims peeking into courtyards to glimpse Lazarus
• Religious leaders whispering behind pillars
• Roman spies watching the movements of the people
• Hope rising in the hearts of some — and hatred growing in the hearts of others
The tension is so thick you could almost taste it.
Tomorrow, the King will ride in.
But today — the kingdom’s clash is silently forming.
DAY THREE — MONDAY (The Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem)
John 12:12–19; Matthew 21:1–11; Mark 11:1–11; Luke 19:29–44; Zechariah 9:9
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The Dawn of a New Day — The Next Day After the Supper and Gathering
John 12:12
“On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,
Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him…”
The sun rises over Bethany and Jerusalem.
The next day has arrived — following the supper, the anointing, the gathering crowds, and the growing plots.
Now, at last, the King will step forward — but not as men expect.
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The Mount of Olives — The King’s Humble Approach
Matthew 21:1–3
“And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples,
Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me.
And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them.”
Jesus does not ride a warhorse.
He does not come with chariots or soldiers.
He comes lowly, riding upon a colt, fulfilling the ancient prophecy:
Zechariah 9:9
“Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem:
behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.”
The disciples obey immediately.
They bring the colt.
They lay their garments upon it.
The King rides forward.
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The Crowds Cry Hosanna — A Psalm Fulfilled
Matthew 21:8–9
“And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way.
And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying,
Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.”
Palm branches wave.
Cloaks are thrown down.
Children shout and sing.
They quote directly from Psalm 118:25–26 — a Messianic cry reserved for the one who would bring salvation.
“Save now, I beseech thee, O LORD: O LORD, I beseech thee, send now prosperity.
Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the LORD…”
They recognize that He is the Son of David — the promised King.
But most do not yet understand:
The crown they expect will be a crown of thorns.
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The Pharisees Object — And Are Rebuked
Luke 19:39–40
“And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto him, Master, rebuke thy disciples.
And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.”
He is not stopping the praise.
Creation itself would erupt if human voices fell silent.
The King is coming — and He will be acknowledged.
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Jesus Weeps Over Jerusalem
As He descends the Mount of Olives and the city comes into view, He stops — and He weeps.
Luke 19:41–42
“And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,
Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.”
The crowds rejoice.
The disciples marvel.
But the Savior weeps.
He sees not the stones of Herod’s Temple — but the broken hearts, the blind leaders, and the looming judgment.
He prophesies the city’s doom:
Luke 19:43–44
“For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee… and shall lay thee even with the ground… because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.”
Jerusalem will fall.
The Temple will be destroyed.
All because they missed the King.
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Jesus Enters the Temple — and Looks Around
Mark 11:11
“And Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and into the temple:
and when he had looked round about upon all things, and now the eventide was come, he went out unto Bethany with the twelve.”
He does not cleanse the Temple yet.
He simply looks around — surveying the corruption, the greed, the coming wrath.
The day ends quietly.
He leaves the city and returns to Bethany, walking back over the Mount of Olives — to prepare for what must come.
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Look Around Yourself…
If you had stood there on the road that day:
• You would have heard the roar of the crowd.
• You would have seen cloaks torn off and thrown before Him.
• You would have smelled the dust and the palm branches crushed underfoot.
• You would have seen a Man — not shining with earthly majesty, but riding a borrowed colt.
Would you have cried, “Hosanna”?
Or would you have waited to see if He would meet your expectations?
The King has come.
Not to conquer Rome — but to conquer death.