This is a repeat and updated article from Newsletter 5853-003, April 8, 2017. At that time, I demonstrated that the 14th day of the month of Nisan was, in fact, a Wednesday, not a Thursday the year of the crucifixion, as some were trying to claim, and most certainly not a Friday, as many Christians believe. I am using the same article now to show you that Yehshua did not keep Passover at the end of the 13th and the start of the 14th, as some claim.

Prove All Things. Do not take certain scriptures to prove your erroneous positions. Prove the Bible so you can walk upright with Yehovah. Prove it for your own soul’s sake so you know beyond all doubt that you are walking in His footsteps. This is the follow-up article for our newsletter two weeks ago titled “Ben Ha Arbayim or Between the Evenings—When is it?”

I am going to rework this article and drill down on those points many of you read right over and take no mind of.

Palm Sunday and 6 Days Before Passover

We have reviewed the three days and three nights. Additionally, in our article on The Road to Emmaus, we discussed the phrase “And this is the 3rd Day,” highlighting that the word “today” does not appear in the original text.

There is yet one other section of scriptures that people will toss out at you in order to tell you that the crucifixion was not on Wednesday but rather was on Thursday.

We already have abundant scriptural support for the Wednesday Crucifixion, but let us examine the scriptures that some are circulating to see if they have merit.

Here is their argument:

“They say” that Yehshua rode into Jerusalem on a colt on Palm Sunday. This is the tenth of Nisan. So Monday is then the 11th and Tuesday is then the 12th and Wednesday is then the 13th. Not the 14th as I am claiming. In order for Wednesday to be the 14th, they say, this then means that Yehshua would ride into Jerusalem on the colt on Sabbath and thereby be breaking the Sabbath. So Wednesday can’t be the 14th. It has to be Thursday, and I am wrong in my assertions.

Often, individuals with misleading claims gain influence when certain scriptures are omitted. It’s important to remember that Satan is knowledgeable about the scriptures, as evidenced by his use of them to tempt Yehshua. However, Yehshua did not engage in argument or debate; he simply responded by quoting those scriptures Satan chose to omit.

Let us do the same.

The (Jewish Passover) Yehovah’s Passover beginning on Nisan 15 and the seven-day Feast of Unleavened Bread which follows are filled with meaning for Christians and Messianic Jews.  The preparations for this Feast of the LORD actually begin several days before.   In ancient times and in Yeshua’s day, when the Temple stood, the lambs chosen for sacrifice had to be inspected for four days.  This began on Nisan 10.  The lambs were brought into their homes and were carefully watched to be sure there were no blemishes or illnesses which would disqualify them for the Passover sacrifice.  Just as the lambs were inspected, so was Yeshua, who is our Passover Lamb and the Lamb of God.

In Exodus 12, we learn about the initiation of the Passover. This study will concentrate on the timing of the lamb’s taking and subsequent sacrifice. There is considerable confusion surrounding this topic, which is why we are examining it.

Exo 12:1 And Jehovah spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,

Exo 12:2 This month shall be to you the beginning of months. It shall be the first month of the year to you.

Exo 12:3 Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth of this month they shall take to them each man a lamb for a father’s house, a lamb for a house.

Exo 12:4 And if the household is too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbor next to his house take according to the number of the souls, each one, according to the eating of his mouth, you shall count concerning the lamb.

Exo 12:5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year. You shall take from the sheep or from the goats.

Exo 12:6 And you shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month. And the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.

Exo 12:7 And they shall take some of the blood and strike on the two side posts and upon the upper door post of the houses in which they shall eat it.

Yehshua is known to be the Lamb of God.

Jhn 1:29 The next day John sees Jesus coming to him and says, Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

Jhn 1:36 And looking upon Jesus as He walked, he says, Behold the Lamb of God!

Rev 5:4 And I wept very much, because no one was found worthy to open and to read the book, nor to look at it.

Rev 5:5 And one of the elders said to me, Do not weep. Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed to open the book and to loose the seven seals of it.

Rev 5:6 And I looked, and lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, amidst the elders, a Lamb stood, as if it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.

Rev 5:7 And He came and took the book out of the right hand of Him sitting on the throne.

Every detail of the Passover Exodus is replayed now in the Crucifixion of Yehshua. It will also be replayed again in these last days when Israel must again flee on Passover night. Knowing which night that is will be crucial as to whether you live or die.

Yehshua was the Lamb of Yehovah, and He as the lamb He too had to be examined and then killed. Just as that lamb was taken into the houses of those who were about to kill it, Yehshua was examined during those days leading up to His death, and he was found not guilty.

Mrk 12:13 And they sent certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians to Him, to catch Him in His words.

Mat 26:59 And the chief priests and the elders and all the sanhedrin sought false witness against Jesus, in order to put Him to death.

Mat 26:60 But they found none; yea, though many false witnesses came, they found none. But at last two false witnesses came up

Luk 23:1 And rising up, all the multitude of them led Him before Pilate.

Luk 23:2 And they began to accuse Him, saying, We have found this one perverting the nation and forbidding them to give tribute to Caesar, saying himself to be a king, Christ.

Luk 23:3 And Pilate asked Him, saying, Are you the king of the Jews? And He answered him and said, You say it.

Luk 23:4 And Pilate said to the chief priests and to the people, I find no fault in this man.

Luk 23:13 And when he had called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,

Luk 23:14 Pilate said to them, You have brought this Man to me as perverting the people. And behold, having examined Him before you, I have found no fault in this Man regarding those things of which you accuse Him;

Luk 23:15 no, nor even Herod, for I sent you to him, and lo, nothing worthy of death has been done by Him.

Luk 23:16 Therefore I will chastise Him and release Him.

Luk 23:17 (For it was necessary for him to release one to them at the feast.)

Luk 23:22 And he said to them the third time, Why? What evil has He done? I have found no cause of death in Him, therefore I will chastise Him and let Him go.

These are the events that show us the final examination and then the slaughter of Yehshua. He was and is that Lamb of Yehovah.

Now, let’s examine the timeline of these events, which will again demonstrate that He was killed on Wednesday and resurrected three days later at the end of the Sabbath.

Jhn 11:55 And the Jews’ Passover was near. And many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the Passover in order to purify themselves.

Jhn 11:56 Then they sought Jesus, and spoke with one another as they stood in the temple, What does it seem to you, that He will not at all come to the feast?

Jhn 11:57 And all the chief priests and the Pharisees had given commands, that if anyone knew where He was, he should make it known so that they might seize Him.

At the end of John chapter 11 we are told it is close to Passover, and then we read in the very next chapter in verse 1:

Jhn 12:1 Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was (who had died, whom He raised from the dead).

Jhn 12:2 Then they made a supper there for Him. And Martha served, but Lazarus was one of those reclining with Him.

I’m stating that the year Yehshua was killed in 31 C.E., Passover, which is also the First Day of Unleavened Bread. The day began at sunset Wednesday evening and went until Thursday at sunset. Thursday is regarded as the High Day referenced by John.

Jhn 19:31 Then the Jews, because it was Preparation, begged Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away, so that the bodies should not remain on the cross on the sabbath. For that sabbath was a high day.

The Passover meal is traditionally consumed after sunset at the conclusion of the 14th day, following the sacrifice of the lambs at 3 PM on that 14th day of Nisan. Yehshua was executed at the very same time as those Passover lambs and is recognized as our Passover lamb, sacrificed at 3 PM on Wednesday afternoon, the 14th of Nisan.

I am repeating myself so you get it.

The Passover meal would then be eaten that Wednesday night after sunset which is now the start of the 15th day. Again see our article 3 Days and 3 Nights.

Now let us count back 6 days.

Wednesday is one

Tuesday is two

Monday is three

Sunday is four

Saturday is five

Friday Nisan 9

Jhn 12:1 Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was (who had died, whom He raised from the dead).

Jhn 12:2 Then they made a supper there for Him. And Martha served, but Lazarus was one of those reclining with Him.

Friday is the sixth day and the day Yehshua arrives at the house of Lazarus, Mary, and Martha. Observe that Mary prepared dinner for Him. The sixth day (Friday) has ended, and with sunset, they enter the Sabbath on Friday evening, enjoying a Sabbath meal together.

Then in verse 3 we read about the oil being poured on the feet of Yehshua by Mary and then how Judas rebuked her and then was himself rebuked.

Jhn 12:3 Then Mary took a pound of ointment of pure spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped His feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the odor of the ointment.

Jhn 12:4 Then said one of His disciples (Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, who was to betray Him)

Jhn 12:5 Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?

Jhn 12:6 He said this, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief and held the moneybag and carried the things put in.

Jhn 12:7 Then Jesus said, Let her alone. She has kept this for the day of My burial.

Jhn 12:8 For you have the poor with you always; but you do not always have Me.

Saturday Nisan 10

John then goes on to tell us of the crowd that came to see both Yehshua and Lazarus. This was not at supper time but had to have been on the Sabbath the next day.

Jhn 12:9 Then a great crowd of the Jews learned that He was there. And they did not come for Jesus’ sake only, but also that they might see Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.

Jhn 12:10 But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus to death also,

Jhn 12:11 because many of the Jews went away and believed on Jesus because of him.

We must point out something here that almost everyone misses. This Sabbath day, when Yehshua was brought into the home of Lazarus and all these people came to see both Him and Lazarus, was, in fact, the 10th day of the month of Nisan, when you are to select the lamb and bring it into your home. Mary, Martha, and Lazarus did this, and so did the crowd that came the next day. Mary, Martha, and Lazarus selected Yehshua and brought Him in at the start of the Sabbath, the 10th of the month of Nisan.  Then, the next day, which was still the Sabbath, the crowd came, and they, too, selected Yehshua.

In the chart from Torahcalendar.com, the 10th day is Saturday, the Sabbath. Wednesday, the day of the crucifixion, is the 14th day. Each day begins at sunset the day before. The 15th day, when the Passover meal is eaten at sunset, is the start of Thursday.

Mathew, Mark, and Luke have nothing to say about this meeting taking place at Lazarus’s home.

All three of their gospel accounts begin with Yehshua coming from Bethpage to the Mount of Olives just before Jerusalem.

Continuing in John from where we just left off he says the next day after these men came to see them at Lazarus’s house.

Jhn 12:12 On the next day, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, a great crowd who had come to the Feast

Jhn 12:13 took branches of palm trees and went out to meet Him. And they cried, Hosanna! “Blessed is the King of Israel who comes in the name of the Lord!”

Jhn 12:14 And finding an ass colt, Jesus sat on it; as it is written,

Jhn 12:15 “Fear not, daughter of Zion; behold, your King comes sitting on the foal of an ass.”

Jhn 12:16 But His disciples did not know these things at the first. But when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written of Him, and that they had done these things to Him.

Jhn 12:17 Then the crowd witnessed, those who were with Him when He called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead.

Jhn 12:18 Because of this the crowd also met Him, because they heard that He had done this miracle.

Jhn 12:19 Then the Pharisees said among themselves, Do you see how you gain nothing? Behold, the world has gone after Him.

His disciples did not understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, they remembered that these things had been written about Him and that they had done these things to Him.

Sunday Nisan 11

Mark will now begin to describe the events of Palm Sunday.

Mrk 11:1 And when they drew near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, He sent out two of His disciples.

Mrk 11:2 And He said to them, Go into the village over across from you. And as soon as you have entered into it, you will find a colt tied, on which no one of men has ever sat. Untie it and bring it.

Mrk 11:3 And if anyone says to you, Why do you do this? Say that the Lord has need of him, and immediately he will send him here.

Mrk 11:4 And they went, and they found the colt tied by the door outside, in a place where two ways met. And they untied him.

Mrk 11:5 And certain of those who stood there said to them, What are you doing, untying the colt?

Mrk 11:6 And they said to them even as Jesus had commanded. And they let them go.

Mrk 11:7 And they brought the colt to Jesus, and they threw their garments on it. And He sat on it.

Mrk 11:8 And many spread their garments in the way, and others cut down branches off the trees and scattered them in the way.

Mrk 11:9 And those going before, and those following, cried out, saying, Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!

Mrk 11:10 Blessed is the kingdom of our father David, who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!

Mrk 11:11 And Jesus entered into Jerusalem and into the temple. And when He had looked around on all things, the hour already being late, He went out to Bethany with the Twelve.

This is Sunday and Yehshua rides in on a colt on this Palm Sunday and then goes up to the Temple and looks around and then leaves going back to Bethany because it was already late.

Mathew records more events that took place that same day.

Mat 21:1 And when they drew near Jerusalem, and had come to Bethphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,

Mat 21:2 saying to them, Go into the village across from you. And immediately you will find an ass tied, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to Me.

Mat 21:3 And if anyone says anything to you, you shall say, The Lord has need of them, and immediately He will send them.

Mat 21:4 All this was done so that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying,

Mat 21:5 “Tell the daughter of Zion, Behold, your King comes to you, meek, and sitting on an ass, even a colt the foal of an ass.”

Mat 21:6 And the disciples went and did as Jesus commanded them.

Mat 21:7 And they brought the ass, even the colt, and put their clothes on them, and He sat on them.

Mat 21:8 And a very great crowd spread their garments in the way. Others cut down branches from the trees and spread them in the way.

Mat 21:9 And the crowds who went before, and those who followed, cried out, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is He who comes in the name of theLord! Hosanna in the highest!

Mat 21:10 And when He had come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this?

Mat 21:11 And the crowd said, This is Jesus the prophet, from Nazareth of Galilee.

Jesus Cleanses the Temple

Mat 21:12 And Jesus went into the temple of God and cast out all those who sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money-changers, and the seats of those who sold doves.

Mat 21:13 And He said to them, It is written, “My house shall be called the house of prayer”; but you have made it a den of thieves.

Mat 21:14 And the blind and the lame came to Him in the temple, and He healed them.

Mat 21:15 And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things which He did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David, they were angry.

Mat 21:16 And they said to Him, Do you hear what these say? And Jesus said to them, Yes, have you never read, “Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings You have perfected praise?”

Mat 21:17 And leaving them, He went out of the city to Bethany, and spent the night there.

Luke also records this same event as follows:

Luk 19:28 And saying these things, He went in front, going up to Jerusalem.

Luk 19:29 And it happened as He drew near Bethphage and Bethany, toward the mount called Mount of Olives, He sent two of the disciples,

Luk 19:30 saying, Go into the village across from you, and having entered, you will find a colt tied up, on which no one of men has yet sat. Untie it and bring it.

Luk 19:31 And if anyone asks you, Why are you untying it? You will say this to him, Because the Lord has need of it.

Luk 19:32 And going, those who were sent found as He had said to them.

Luk 19:33 And as they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, Why are you untying the colt?

Luk 19:34 And they said, The Lord has need of him.

Luk 19:35 And they brought him to Jesus. And they threw their garments on the colt. And they set Jesus on it.

Luk 19:36 And as He went, they spread their clothes in the way.

Luk 19:37 And when He had come near, even now at the descent of the Mount of Olives, all the multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works which they had seen,

Luk 19:38 saying, Blessed is the King coming in the name of the Lord! Peace in Heaven and glory in thehighest!

Luk 19:39 And some of the Pharisees from the crowd said to Him, Teacher, rebuke your disciples.

Luk 19:40 And He answered and said to them, I tell you that if these should be silent, the stones would cry out.

Jesus Weeps over Jerusalem

Luk 19:41 And as He drew near, He beheld the city and wept over it,

Luk 19:42 saying, If you had known, even you, even at least in this day of yours, the things for your peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.

Luk 19:43 For the days will come on you that your enemies will raise up a rampart to you, and will surround you, and will keep you in on every side.

Luk 19:44 And they will tear you down, and your children within you, and will not leave a stone on a stone because you did not know the time of your visitation.

Jesus Cleanses the Temple

Luk 19:45 And entering into the temple, He began to cast out those selling and buying in it,

Luk 19:46 saying to them, It is written, “My house is a house of prayer,” but you have made it a den of thieves.

Luk 19:47 And He taught in the temple daily. But the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy Him.

Luk 19:48 And they could not find what they might do, for all the people were hanging on Him, listening.

Monday Nisan 12

Mark then continues and tells us the events of the next day after Palm Sunday, which is now Monday, the 12th of Nisan. But notice that Mark says Yehshua cleansed the Temple and overturned the tables on Monday. Mathew and Luke mixed those events with those of Palm Sunday. Which one is right? It seems to me that Mark was an actual witness, while Matthew and Luke wrote of these after the facts.

Mrk 11:12 And on the next day, they going out of Bethany, He was hungry.

Mrk 11:13 And seeing a fig-tree with leaves afar off, He went to it, if perhaps He might find anything on it. And when He came to it, He found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season of figs.

Mrk 11:14 And Jesus answered and said to it, No one shall eat fruit of you forever. And His disciples heard.

Jesus Cleanses the Temple

Mrk 11:15 And they came to Jerusalem. And entering into the temple, Jesus began to cast out those who bought and sold in the temple. And He overthrew the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold doves.

Mrk 11:16 And He would not allow any to carry a vessel through the temple.

Mrk 11:17 And He taught, saying to them, Is it not written, “My house shall be called the house of prayer for all nations?” But you have made it a den of thieves.

Mrk 11:18 And the scribes and the chief priests heard. And they sought how they might destroy Him. For they feared Him, because all the people were astonished at His doctrine.

Mrk 11:19 And when evening came, He went out of the city.

Tuesday Nisan 13

We have now reached the conclusion of Monday, Nisan 12. Mark then proceeds to describe the events that occurred on Tuesday, Nisan 13.

Mrk 11:20 And passing on early, they saw the fig-tree dried up from the roots.

Mrk 11:21 And Peter, remembering, said to Him, Rabbi, behold, the fig tree which You cursed has withered away.

Mrk 11:22 And answering Jesus said to them, Have faith of God.

Mrk 11:23 For truly I say to you that whoever shall say to this mountain, Be moved and be cast into the sea, and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that what he said shall occur, he shall have whatever he said.

Mrk 11:24 Therefore I say to you, All things, whatever you ask, praying, believe that you shall receive them, and it will be to you.

Mrk 11:25 And when you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive it so that also your Father in Heaven may forgive you your trespasses.

Mrk 11:26 But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in Heaven forgive your trespasses.

The Authority of Jesus Challenged

Mrk 11:27 And they came again to Jerusalem. And as He was walking in the temple, the chief priests and the scribes and the elders came to Him

Mrk 11:28 and said to Him, By what authority do you do these things? And who gave you this authority to do these things?

Mrk 11:29 And Jesus answered and said to them, I will also ask of you one thing, and answer Me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.

Mrk 11:30 The baptism of John, was it from Heaven, or from men? Answer Me.

Mrk 11:31 And they reasoned within themselves, saying, If we shall say, From Heaven, he will say, Why then did you not believe him?

Mrk 11:32 But if we shall say, From men, they feared the people, for all held John to be a prophet indeed.

Mrk 11:33 And they answered and said to Jesus, We cannot tell. And answering Jesus said to them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.

You can read about all the events that happened that Tuesday in Mark up until Chapter 13. I am including them here for you to read.

The Parable of the Tenants

Mrk 12:1 And He began to speak to them by parables. A man planted a vineyard, and set a fence about it, and dug a wine-vat, and built a tower, and he let it out to vinedressers, and went away.

Mrk 12:2 And at the season he sent a servant to the vinedressers, so that he might receive from the vinedressers the fruit of the vineyard.

Mrk 12:3 And taking him, they beat him and sent himaway empty.

Mrk 12:4 And again he sent to them another servant. And stoning that one, they struck him in the head, and sent him away, insulting him.

Mrk 12:5 And again he sent another. And they killed him, and many others, beating some and killing some.

Mrk 12:6 Therefore, still having one son, his own beloved, he also sent him to them last of all, saying, They will respect my son.

Mrk 12:7 But those vinedressers said among themselves, This is the heir! Come, let us kill him and the inheritance shall be ours.

Mrk 12:8 And they took him and killed him and cast himout of the vineyard.

Mrk 12:9 Therefore what will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the vinedressers and will give the vineyard to others.

Mrk 12:10 And have you not read this scripture “TheStone which the builders rejected has become the Head of the corner:

Mrk 12:11 this was from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes”?

Mrk 12:12 And they sought to seize him, but feared the crowd. For they knew that He spoke the parable against them. And leaving Him, they went away.

Paying Taxes to Caesar

Mrk 12:13 And they sent certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians to Him, to catch Him in His words.

Mrk 12:14 And coming, they said to Him, Teacher, we know that you are true and you care about no one. For you do not look to the face of men, but teach the way of God in truth. Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?

Mrk 12:15 Shall we give, or shall we not give? But knowing their hypocrisy, He said to them, Why do you tempt Me? Bring me a denarius so that I may see.

Mrk 12:16 And they brought it. And He said to them, Whose image and inscription is this? And they said to Him, Caesar’s.

Mrk 12:17 And answering Jesus said to them, Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s. And they marvelled at Him.

The Sadducees Ask About the Resurrection

Mrk 12:18 Then the Sadducees came to Him, who say there is no resurrection. And they asked Him, saying,

Mrk 12:19 Teacher, Moses wrote to us, If a man’s brother die and leaves his wife, and leaves no children, his brother should take his wife and raise up seed to his brother.

Mrk 12:20 And there were seven brothers. And the first took a wife, and dying left no seed.

Mrk 12:21 And the second took her, and died; neither did he leave any seed. And the third likewise.

Mrk 12:22 And the seven had her, and left no seed. Last of all the woman also died.

Mrk 12:23 In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise, whose wife will she be? For the seven had her as a wife.

Mrk 12:24 And answering Jesus said to them, Do you not err because of this, not knowing Scriptures, nor the power of God?

Mrk 12:25 For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but they are as the angels in Heaven.

Mrk 12:26 And as regards the dead, that they rise, have you not read in the book of Moses how God spoke to him in the Bush, saying, “I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob?”

Mrk 12:27 He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living. Therefore you greatly err.

The Great Commandment

Mrk 12:28 And coming up one of the scribes heard them reasoning, knowing that He had answered them well, he asked Him, Which is the first commandment of all?

Mrk 12:29 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, “Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord;

Mrk 12:30 and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.” This is the first commandment.

Mrk 12:31 And the second is like this: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these.

Mrk 12:32 And the scribe said to Him, Right, Teacher, according to truth You have spoken, that God is one, and there is no other besides Him.

Mrk 12:33 And to love Him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love the neighbor as himself, is more than all the burnt offerings and sacrifices.

Mrk 12:34 And seeing that he had answered intelligently, Jesus said to him, You are not far from the kingdom of God. And no one dared to question Him any more.

Whose Son Is the Christ?

Mrk 12:35 And answering, teaching in the temple, Jesus said, How do the scribes say that Christ is the Son of David?

Mrk 12:36 For David himself said by the Holy Spirit: “The LORD said to my Lord, Sit at My right hand until I place Your enemies as Your footstool.”

Mrk 12:37 David therefore himself calls Him Lord, and why then is He his son? And the great crowd heard Him gladly.

Beware of the Scribes

Mrk 12:38 And He said to them in His teaching, Beware of the scribes, who love to walk about in robes, and love greetings in the markets,

Mrk 12:39 and the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost places at feasts

Mrk 12:40 who devour widows’ houses, and as a pretense make long prayers. These shall receive greater condemnation.

The Widow’s Offering

Mrk 12:41 And sitting down opposite the treasury, Jesus watched how the people threw copper coins into the treasury. And many rich ones threw in much.

Mrk 12:42 And a certain poor widow came, and she threw in two lepta, which is a kodrantes.

Mrk 12:43 And He called His disciples and said to them, Truly I say to you that this poor widow has cast in more than all those who have cast into the treasury.

Mrk 12:44 For all cast in from their abundance. But she, out of her poverty, has cast in all that she had, all her livelihood.

Then we read about Yehshua leaving the Temple and heading back to the Mount of Olives when He explains the end times. All of this is still on Tuesday, Nisan 13.

Jesus Foretells Destruction of the Temple

Mrk 13:1 And as He went out of the temple, one of His disciples said to Him, Master, see! What stones and what buildings!

Mrk 13:2 And answering Jesus said to him, Do you see these great buildings? There shall not be one stone left on another that shall not be thrown down.

Signs of the Close of the Age

Mrk 13:3 And as He sat on the Mount of Olives, across from the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked Him privately,

Mrk 13:4 Tell us, When shall all these things be? And what shall be the sign when all these things shall be fulfilled?

Mrk 13:5 And Jesus answering them began to say, Beware that no one deceive you.

Mrk 13:6 For many shall come in My name, saying, I AM, and shall deceive many.

Mrk 13:7 And when you shall hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be troubled. For it must happen, but the end shall not be yet.

Mrk 13:8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there shall be earthquakes in different places, and there shall be famines and troubles. These things are the beginnings of sorrows.

Mrk 13:9 But take heed to yourselves. For they shall deliver you up to sanhedrins, and in the synagogues you shall be beaten. And you shall be brought before rulers and kings for My sake, for a testimony against them.

Mrk 13:10 And the gospel must first be proclaimed to all nations.

Mrk 13:11 But whenever they lead you away and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand what you should speak or think. But speak whatever shall be given to you in that hour. For it is not you who speaks, but the Holy Spirit.

Mrk 13:12 And a brother will betray a brother to death, and a father his son. And children will rise up against their parents and will cause them to be put to death.

Mrk 13:13 And you will be hated by all for My name’s sake, but he enduring to the end, that one will be kept safe.

The Abomination of Desolation

Mrk 13:14 But when you see the abomination of desolation, that spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not (let him who reads understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.

Mrk 13:15 And let him who is on the housetop not go down into the house, nor enter to take anything out of his house.

Mrk 13:16 And let him who is in the field not turn back again in order to take up his garment.

Mrk 13:17 But woe to those with babe in womb, and to those who give suck in those days!

Mrk 13:18 And pray that your flight is not in the winter.

Mrk 13:19 For in those days shall be affliction, such as has not been from the beginning of the creation which God created until now, and never shall be.

Mrk 13:20 And unless the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh would be saved. But for the elect’s sake, whom He has chosen, He has shortened the days.

Mrk 13:21 And then if anyone shall say to you, Lo, here isChrist! Or, lo, there! Do not believe him.

Mrk 13:22 For false Christs and false prophets will arise and will give miraculous signs and wonders in order to seduce, if possible, even the elect.

Mrk 13:23 But take heed; behold, I have told you all things beforehand.

The Coming of the Son of Man

Mrk 13:24 But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,

Mrk 13:25 and the stars of Heaven shall fall, and the powers in the heavens shall be shaken.

Mrk 13:26 And then they will see the Son of Man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.

Mrk 13:27 And then He shall send His angels and shall gather His elect from the four winds, from the end of the earth to the end of heaven.

The Lesson of the Fig Tree

Mrk 13:28 And learn the parable of the fig-tree: when her branch is still tender and puts out leaves, you know that summer is near.

Mrk 13:29 So you also, when you see these things happening, you know that it is near, at the doors.

Mrk 13:30 Truly I say to you that this generation shall not pass away until all these things occur.

Mrk 13:31 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but My Words shall not pass away.

No One Knows That Day or Hour

Mrk 13:32 But of that day and hour no one knows, no, not the angels in Heaven, nor the Son, but the Father.

Mrk 13:33 Take heed, watch and pray, for you do not know when the time is.

Mrk 13:34 As a man going away, leaving his house, and giving authority to his servants, and each man’s work to him, and commanded the doorkeeper to watch.

Mrk 13:35 Then you watch, for you do not know when the lord of the house is coming, at evening, or at midnight, or at cockcrowing, or early;

Mrk 13:36 lest he come suddenly and find you sleeping.

Mrk 13:37 And what I say to you, I say to all. Watch.

Mark then goes on to say in Mark 14 that after two days, it will be Passover. This was on that Tuesday, Nisan 13. So we can count 2 days to Thursday when Passover was, and it is two days away on Nisan 15.

Mrk 14:1 And after two days it was the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take Him by craft and kill Him.

Mrk 14:2 But they said, Not during the Feast, lest there be an uproar of the people.

Notice what Luke says about this upcoming Feast of Unleavened Bread. He says it was called Passover.  Unleavened Bread is for 7 Days. You are commanded to eat Unleavened Bread for only seven days. You are also commanded to eat unleavened bread with the Passover meal which is to be eaten on the 15th at the end of the 14th of Nisan.

Exo 12:15 You shall eat unleavened bread seven days; even the first day you shall put away leaven out of your houses. For whoever eats leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.

Exo 12:8 And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roasted with fire, and unleavened bread. They shall eat it with bitter herbs.

Luk 22:1 And the Feast of Unleavened Bread, which is called the Passover, drew near.

Luk 22:2 And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill Him, for they feared the people.

In Mathew 26:1, we read the same statement as Mark stating on Tuesday, that in two days’ time from this day, Tuesday, is the Passover, only this time, it is Yehshua Himself speaking it.

Mat 26:1 And it happened when Jesus finished all these sayings, He said to His disciples,

Mat 26:2 You know that after two days the Passover comes, and the Son of Man is betrayed to be crucified.

Mat 26:3 Then the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, assembled together to the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas.

Mat 26:4 And they consulted so that they might take Jesus by guile and kill Him.

Mat 26:5 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.

Later in Matthew 26, we see them preparing for the Passover. It’s still the same Tuesday, Nisan 13, nearing sunset, marking the approach of Nisan 14, which is the preparation day for Passover on the 15th. John will highlight this when we reach that moment in time.

Wednesday Nisan 14

We will now be going from the afternoon of the 13th to the start of the 14th at sunset.

Let me share the other gospels on this same point first.

Mrk 14:12 And the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they killed the passover, His disciples said to Him, Where do You desire that we go and prepare that You may eat the passover?

Mrk 14:13 And He sent out two of His disciples and said to them, Go into the city, and there you shall meet a man bearing a pitcher of water. Follow him.

Mrk 14:14 And wherever he may go in, you say to the housemaster, The Teacher says, Where is the guest room where I shall eat the passover with My disciples?

Mrk 14:15 And he will show you a large upper room, furnished and prepared. Prepare there for us.

Mrk 14:16 And His disciples went out and came into the city and found it as He had said to them. And they made the passover ready.

Mrk 14:17 And in the evening He came with the Twelve.

Mat 26:17 And on the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus, saying to Him, Where do You desire that we prepare for You to eat the Passover?

Mat 26:18 And He said, Go into the city to such a man, and say to him, The Master said, My time is at hand. I will keep the Passover at your house with My disciples.

Mat 26:19 And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them. And they made the passover ready.

Mat 26:20 And when evening had come, He sat down with the Twelve.

Mat 26:21 And as they ate, He said, Truly I say to you that one of you will betray Me.

Mat 26:22 And grieving sorrowfully, they began to say, each one of them, Lord, not I am the one?

Mat 26:23 And He answered and said, He who dips his hand with Me in the dish, the same shall betray Me.

I have to take this moment and deviate for one second. Many use this verse to justify keeping Passover on the wrong day. Below is a commentary on this one verse. It is now Tuesday and at Sunset will be the beginning of Wednesday and the Preparation day. Passover is still two days away. Passover will be on the Thursday. The entire 7 Days of Unleavened Bread plus the Preparation day beforehand are spoken of as the 8 days of Unleavened Bread, or they are spoken of as the 8 days of Passover.

Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
17. the first day of the feast of unleavened bread] This was the 14th of Nisan, which commenced after sunset on the 13th; it was also called the preparation (paraskeué) of the Passover. The feast of unleavened bread followed the Passover, and lasted seven days, from the 15th to the 21st of Nisan. Hence the two feasts are sometimes included in the term “Passover,” sometimes in that of “unleavened bread.” On the evening of 13th of Nisan every head of the family carefully searched for and collected by the light of a candle all the leaven, which was kept and destroyed before midday on the 14th. The offering of the lamb took place on the 14th at the evening sacrifice, which on this day commenced at 1.30; or if the preparation fell on a Friday, at 12.30. The paschal meal was celebrated after sunset on the 14th, i. e. strictly on the 15th of Nisan.

The events of the Passover are full of difficulty for the harmonist. It is however almost certain that the “Last Supper” was not the paschal meal, but was partaken of on the 14th, that is after sunset on the 13th of Nisan. It is quite certain, from John 18:28, that Jesus was crucified on the preparation, and although the synoptic narratives seem at first sight to disagree with this, it is probably only the want of a complete knowledge of the facts that creates the apparent discrepancy.

The key verse here is “And when evening came, they sat down to eat this supper meal.” But it was not the Passover meal as it was still one day away. No lambs had been slaughtered.  Remember, before the sunset, Yehshua said it was still two days away. That was Tuesday afternoon Nisan the 13th. As they prepare for the super meal is now Tuesday evening which is the start of the 14th of Nisan. The very day Yehshua is to be killed at the same time the lambs are killed.

The one Gospel we have not yet read is John. So now read what John says about this very time. This Tuesday evening before the Passover Lambs are killed is the same evening, Yehshua washed the feet of the Apostles, setting a new tradition for us to follow. John states clearly it was BEFORE the Passover.

Jhn 13:1 And before the feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that His hour had come when He should depart out of this world to the Father, having loved His own in the world, He loved them to the end.

Jhn 13:2 And when supper had ended, the Devil now having put into the heart of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon to betray Him,

Jhn 13:3 Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He had come from God and went to God,

Jhn 13:4 He rose up from supper and laid aside His garments. And He took a towel and girded Himself.

Jhn 13:5 After that He poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet, and to wipe them with the towel with which He was girded.

Jhn 13:6 Then He came to Simon Peter. And Peter said to Him, Lord, do You wash my feet?

Jhn 13:7 Jesus answered and said to him, You do not know what I do now, but you shall know hereafter.

Jhn 13:8 Peter said to Him, You shall never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, Unless I wash you, you have no part with Me.

Jhn 13:9 Simon Peter said to Him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and head.

Jhn 13:10 Jesus said to him, He who is bathed has no need except to wash his feet, but is clean every whit. And you are clean, but not all.

Jhn 13:11 For He knew who would betray Him. Therefore He said, You are not all clean.

Jhn 13:12 So after He had washed their feet and had taken His garments and had reclined again, He said to them, Do you know what I have done to you?

Jhn 13:13 You call Me the Teacher, and Lord, and you say well, for I AM.

Jhn 13:14 If then I, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet.

Jhn 13:15 For I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you.

Jhn 13:16 Truly, truly, I say to you, A servant is not greater than his master, neither is he who is sent greater than he who sent him.

Jhn 13:17 If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.

Jhn 13:18 I do not speak of you all; I know whom I have chosen; but that the Scripture might be fulfilled, “He who eats bread with me has lifted up his heel against me.”

Jhn 13:19 From now I tell you before it comes, so that when it happens you may believe that I AM.

Jhn 13:20 Truly, truly, I say to you, He who receives whomever I send receives Me. And he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me.

It is on this fateful Tuesday evening that is now the 14^th day of the 1^st month. That evening Yehshua identified the one who would betray Him by giving him a specific piece of bread.

Jhn 13:21 When Jesus had said this, He was troubled in spirit, and testified and said, Truly, truly, I say to you that one of you shall betray Me.

Jhn 13:22 Then the disciples looked upon one another, wondering of whom He spoke.

Jhn 13:23 But there was one of His disciples leaning upon Jesus’ bosom, the one whom Jesus loved.

Jhn 13:24 Simon Peter therefore signaled to him to ask whom it might be of whom He spoke.

Jhn 13:25 And lying on Jesus’ breast, he said to him, Lord, who is it?

Jhn 13:26 Jesus answered, It is he to whom I shall give the morsel when I have dipped it. And dipping the morsel, He gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon.

Jhn 13:27 And after the morsel, then Satan entered into him. Then Jesus said to him, What you do, do quickly.

Jhn 13:28 But no one reclining knew for what reason He spoke this to him.

Jhn 13:29 For some thought, because Judas had the moneybag, that Jesus had said to him, Buy what we have need of for the feast; or that he should give something to the poor.

Jhn 13:30 He then, having received the morsel, went out immediately. And it was night.

If it was the Passover Meal, a Holy Day, then why on earth would Yehshua send Judas out to buy things for the Feast? Are they having the Feast, or is it a day away? And if it is the Feast then why is Judas buying things on a Holy Day? Think brethren.

So many commentaries admit that the word for bread is artos and is leavened bread. They all admit that the Greek word for unleavened bread asumos is not the bread being eaten here. They then try to make it seem like it could be to justify this as a Passover meal. It WAS NOT A Passover meal and He was not eating Unleavened Bread. It was a normal meal.

The Greek word for the bread used in the Last Supper, throughout the Gospels, is artos (leavened bread) as opposed to Lumos (without leaven); hence, the Last Supper is not the Passover seder. If he was eating bread, and not lamb itself, then why is the term for the bread that he ate with his disciples that night a reference to generic bread (see Matt. 26:26; Mark 14:22; Luke 22:9; 24:30; 24:35; John 13:18), and not unleavened bread, which is a totally different word in the Greek language?

Artos is a Greek word that holds significant meaning in the context of the Bible. In the New Testament, the word “artos” is often used to refer to bread or a loaf of bread.

The original language provides no assistance in ascertaining whether the bread was leavened or not. The Greek word used to identify the bread distributed by Christ at the Last Supper is artos (Matthew 26:26; Mark 14:22; Luke 22:19; 1 Corinthians 11:24), which is the general word for any kind of bread (Arndt and Gingrich, 1967, p. 110).  In fact, another Greek word, azumos, could have been used to mean strictly unleavened bread (Arndt and Gingrich, p. 19). Therefore, from the word used to describe the bread eaten by Jesus at the Last Supper, we can deduce only that it could have been leavened.

While they were eating, Jesus took some bread, and after a blessing, He broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, “Take, eat; this is My body.”  (Matt 26:26 NASB)

The Gospels literally say that “Jesus broke bread” and use Greek word ἄρτος (artos). That is a direct equivalent of Hebrew לֶחֶם (lechem) and the word indeed means “bread”. The confusion comes from people trying to make this last super meal a Passover meal when the facts tell you it was not. The fact that  “unleavened bread” is a special term in the Greek language – ἄζυμος (asumos) and the gospels do not say that this assumos is what the Messiah broke and distributed to his disciples confirms it was not a Passover meal. Yet many insist it was because they do not remember Yehshua said just hours before this meal that the Passover was still two days away.

Later that Tuesday night, Yehshua was arrested and taken before the Sanhedrin and then Pilot and then Herod and Pilot again. Mark then lets us know it was now the morning or Wednesday Nisan 14.

Mrk 15:1 And immediately in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council. And they bound Jesus and led Him away and delivered Him to Pilate.

We then read in John about the priests not wanting to contaminate themselves BECAUSE THE PASSOVER WAS APPROACHING. It was not the night before as modern day people claim.

Jhn 18:28 Then they led Jesus from Caiaphas into the praetorium. And it was early. And they did not go into the praetorium, that they should not be defiled, and that they might eat the Passover.

Again, Pilot announces that Passover is about to begin and he is going to release someone. This was done before Passover.

Jhn 18:38 Pilate said to Him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again to the Jews and said to them, I find no fault in him.

Jhn 18:39 But you have a custom that I should release one to you at the Passover. Then do you desire that I release to you the king of the Jews?

Jhn 18:40 Then they all cried again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas! But Barabbas was a robber.

Again in John we are told that it was the PREPARATION DAY OF THE PASSOVER. It was Nisan 14 Wednesday still. It is now 9am and Yehshua is about to be crucified.

Jhn 19:13 Then when Pilate heard that saying, he brought Jesus out and sat down in the judgment seat at a place called the Pavement (but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha).

Jhn 19:14 And it was the preparation of the Passover, and about the sixth hour. And he said to the Jews, Behold your king!

Jhn 19:15 But they cried out, Away with him! Away with him! Crucify him! Pilate said to them, Shall I crucify your king? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.

Pilot announces that he finds nothing wrong with Yehshua, just as the households make the final examination of the lambs before they are slaughtered later that day.

Luk 23:13 And when he had called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,

Luk 23:14 Pilate said to them, You have brought this Man to me as perverting the people. And behold, having examined Him before you, I have found no fault in this Man regarding those things of which you accuse Him;

Luk 23:15 no, nor even Herod, for I sent you to him, and lo, nothing worthy of death has been done by Him.

Luk 23:16 Therefore I will chastise Him and release Him.

Yehshua hung on the tree from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m., and darkness came over the land at noon. At 3 p.m., the lambs were killed for the Passover meal, which took place that night at the beginning of the 15th. Yehshua our Passover Lamb died at the exact same time as they were slaughtering those lambs.

Mat 27:45 And from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.

Mat 27:46 And about the ninth hour, Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? That is, My God, My God, why have You forsaken me?

Yehshua told Mary not to touch Him. But later on that same Sunday Yehshua was eating with the Apsotles and told them to touch Him before He left them. This Sunday is when the Wave Sheaf Offering is done at 9 am. After Yehshua had completed this offering and taking those captives He led from the grave to heaven, then He came back and met with the apostles.

Luk 24:13  And behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, it being about sixty stadia from Jerusalem.

Luk 24:14  And they talked to each other of all these things which had happened.

Luk 24:15  And while they talked and reasoned, it happened that Jesus Himself drew near and went with them.

Luk 24:16  But their eyes were held so that they could not know Him.

Luk 24:17  And He said to them, What words are these that you have with one another as you walk, and are so sad?

Luk 24:18  And one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answered and said to Him, Are you only a stranger in Jerusalem and have not known the things which have occurred there in these days?

Luk 24:19  And He said to them, What things? And they said to Him, The things concerning Jesus of Nazareth, who was a man, a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people,

Luk 24:20  and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered Him to the judgment of death, and have crucified Him.

Luk 24:21  But we had trusted that He was the One who was about to redeem Israel. And besides all this, today is the third day since these things were done.

Luk 24:22  Yes, and also some of our women astounded us, having been early at the tomb;

Luk 24:23  and when they did not find His body, theycame saying that they had also seen a vision of angels, who said that He was alive.

Luk 24:24  And some of those with us went to the tomb and found it even as the women had said. But they did not see Him.

Luk 24:25  And He said to them, O fools and slow of heart to believe all things that the prophets spoke!

Luk 24:26  Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and to enter into His glory?

Luk 24:27  And beginning at Moses and all the Prophets, He expounded to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself.

Luk 24:28  And they drew near the village where they were going. And He appeared to be going further.

Luk 24:29  But they constrained Him, saying, Stay with us, for it is toward evening and the day is far spent. And He went in to stay with them.

Luk 24:30  And it happened as He reclined with them, taking the loaf, He blessed it, and breaking it, He gave to them.

Luk 24:31  And their eyes were opened, and they knew Him. And He became invisible to them.

Luk 24:32  And they said to one another, Did not our heart burn within us while He talked with us by the way and while He opened the Scriptures to us?

Luk 24:33  And they rose up the same hour and returned to Jerusalem and found assembled the Eleven and those with them.

Luk 24:34  And they said, the Lord has indeed risen, and has appeared to Simon.

Luk 24:35  And in the way they related the things happening, and how He had been known by them in breaking of the loaf.

Jesus Appears to His Disciples

Luk 24:36  And as they spoke this, Jesus Himself stood in their midst, and said to them, Peace to you!

Luk 24:37  But they were terrified and filled with fear, for they thought they saw a spirit.

Luk 24:38  And He said to them, Why are you troubled, and why do thoughts arise in your hearts?

Luk 24:39  Behold My hands and My feet, that I am He! Handle Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see Me have.

Luk 24:40  And when He had spoken this, He showed them His hands and feet.

Luk 24:41  And while they still did not believe for joy, and wondered, He said to them, Have you any food here?

Luk 24:42  And they handed to Him a piece of a broiled fish and of a honeycomb.

Luk 24:43  And He took it and ate before them.

Luk 24:44  And He said to them, These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses and in the Prophets and in the Psalms about Me.

Luk 24:45  And He opened their mind to understand the Scriptures.

Luk 24:46  And He said to them, So it is written, and so it behoved Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day,

Luk 24:47  and that repentance and remission of sins should be proclaimed in His name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

Luk 24:48  And you are witnesses of these things.

Luk 24:49  And behold, I send the promise of My father on you. But you sit in the city of Jerusalem until you are clothed with power from on high.

The Ascension

Luk 24:50  And He led them out as far as Bethany. And lifting up His hands, He blessed them.

Luk 24:51  And it happened as He blessed them, He withdrew from them and was carried up into Heaven.

Luk 24:52  And worshiping Him, they returned to Jerusalem with great joy.

Luk 24:53  And they were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.

So we go back to the beginning statement. It is this opening statement that causes the deception, in the exact same way that Satan deceived Eve in the Garden of Eden. Satan does not deny the facts; he just twists them a little to create doubt and confusion.

That opening statement states that Palm Sunday is the 10th day when the Lamb is selected. Therefore, the 14th is Thursday. The deception then goes on, having already told you that the 10th day was Palm Sunday, to solidify that deception by saying if it was not on Sunday, then would Yehshua ride the colt into Jerusalem on the Sabbath? Obviously not. But they have now presumed and also have you thinking that the ride into Jerusalem had to take place on the 10th of Nisan.

And by now, you have bought into the lie and fallen for the deception, and you then have doubts about many things.

Yehshua was selected by Lazarus, Martha and Mary with the apostles that Sabbath evening when He was invited into their homes. This was the start of Nisan 10 when the lambs are selected. The following day, that very same Sabbath, many Jews came to examine Him and to meet Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead. Then on Sunday, Nisan 11, Yehshua rode into Jerusalem. On Monday, Yehshua cursed the fig tree and turned the tables in the Temple. Tuesday Nissan 13, He said there were still two days for Passover and had the apostles prepare for the Passover but did not eat it. He ate artos or leavened bread. That night, He was arrested and Wednesday Nisan 14, crucified and buried before Sunset when the High Holy Day of Unleavened Bread began. They rested on Thursday, the 15th day, and made spices on Friday, Nisan 16, and rested on the Sabbath, the 17th of Nisan. Mary came early and saw the tomb open, and the body gone and was told by Yehshua not to touch her. Yehshua ascended on Wave Sheaf Day at 9 am and then came back and was touched by the apostles. He then ascended to heaven again at the end of that Sunday, Nisan 18, telling them to wait in Jerusalem until the Holy Spirit was given 50 days later.