/* ' A f ter two days is the Feast of Unleavened Bread' (Mt 26-). It is supposed that our Lord remained all this day in
\ Rethany, not returning to the city
I openly after Jn 12^6. The Anointing of His head at the Supper in the evening.
I The Bargain of Judas.
le morning was occupied by disciples with preparations for the Supper (Mt 2617-19), by Jesus in prayer. (A) The events of the evening may be arranged according to the four Roman (as distinguished from the three Jewish) watches, «^^! (6 p.m.-9 p.m.) ; iMirmin-
Tm (9 p.m.-12) ; ei>.l-iTepcfa,ya (12-3 a.m.); cj™ (3 a.m.-6 a.m.), used in the Gospels (Mk 13.15, Mt 14=5, Mk 6«).
The Supperwith the Twelve, i-i.;«.! Si yltoliivKS (Mt 262",
Mkun). The washing of feet after Supper (SiiVwu 5 ; yivowivov) or during it, see v.l. y„o^»ov (Jn 132). De- parture of Judas. Institu- tion of Lord's Supper. Upper Room Discourses (13M.1431). Departure from Upper Room (14^1).
Parable of Vine (Jn 16). Promise of the Holy Spirit (16). Prayer for disciples (17). Gethsemane(18i,Mt 263V-«i, Mk 1433-38, Lie 2-24i-»6), Agony, * one hour ' (.Mk 143').
Arrival of Judas, Arrest of Jesus (Jn 18'212). Preli- minary trial before Annas (1813). Peter's denial; ^k- iXToif \.^i,i%in (1827). Jesus sent to Caiaphas (182-»). Trial before Sanhedrin i,- \yf,iTo i,ij,ifu. (Lk 220«), ^fma.; li yi.o^i.vi! (Mt 271 loosely), Wi to ^put to- wards the morning watch (Mk 151 more precisely).
Led to Pilate t/>™ (Jn 1829), from Pilate to Herod (Lk 237), back to Pilate (2311). ■Behol' " '■ '■
or i'^i. 0 p.m.-
(9p.m.-12).
12-3 a.m Cock-crov
19'>). ' And it was the pre- paration of the Passover, and about the sixth hour' (191J). Delivered to be crucified (1916). (B) The third, sixth, and ninth hours of the morning, which were wont to be proclaimed by an officer of the Praetor (Smith's Bid. Ant. s.v. 'dies'), marked similar divisions of the day which for the Jews ended in the evening. Preparation for Crucifixion. 6 a.m.-9 a.m.— 'And it was the third hour (i.e. 3rd after the last watch of the night [S-6 a.m.], or 9 a.m.); and they crucified him' (Mk 1525).
[There is no need to suggest a corrup- tion of f f or r or vice verm to explain the difference of Mk 1525 and Jn 19", as the former hour marks the crucifixion and the latter the hour of sentence, between which some inter\'al must have elapsed.] 9 a.m.-12.— Jesus on the Cross. 12-3 p.m.—' And when the sixth hour (12)
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Between the evenings [D)3-ij;n j'3 Ex IS'], as the Paschal lambs were being sacrificed ill the Temple, Jesus gave up the ghost. The Removal from the Cross ensues, Pilate marvelling If He were already dead (Mk 16"), «?» c'-J-zat yi,ofj.in! (after 3 p.m.), the women following to the sepulchre and returning to prepare spices and ointment (Lk 2355- 5C).
'The Passover, also the Weeklj- Prepara- tion, VI TK.paffy.ivr, or To Tpoa-ccp^KTOi> (Jlk 1542).
First Day of Unleavened Bread, coincided with weekly Sabbath. 'The day of that (Ixsivav) Sabbath was an high day ' (Jn 1931), or ' that (;>!e/.fl)day of the week w as a high day.' 'And (the women) rested the Sabbath day according to the com- mandment'(Lk 235ii). This was a day of holy convocation in which no servile work should be done. Visit of Sanhe- drin to Pilate, T? II Waipm iT.j >>t; ^jTi TV TK.p«.ffy.vA„ (Mt 27fi'-;). In the Grave. • After the Sabbath Q>,xyitaij.:<m to5 ffaf.- ^a'Tot/), Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome, brought spices for the anointing (Mk 16').
vhole
ntil the ninth hour (3 p.m.) and at the ninth hour Jesus cried a loud voice, sa\'ing. Kloi, Eloi, sahachthani?'(Mk 1533.34).
Nimn 17, Sunday. The First Day of Week and Second ofFeastof3/a<:jti(/i, on which sheaf of
dark, rxo-.a.; olf<.- (Jn 201), !„ early dawn, opQpov /aatfiaf (Lk 24i, cf. Mt 281), very early after sunrise (Mk 162), when they came to the sepulchre, bring-
sented as
3:^,iT<:.f«;33«Ta>. (Jn201,Lk24l),Tfl; /iii,- 5-«|3/3«T*. (Mk 162), £,',- ^,„, ,„/3. (3«T<-» (lit 2Sl).
Sunday Week,
'y had prepared (Lk
24I). Jesiis rose early, atatf-Ta,- -rpu, (Mk
109). The first-fruits of them that slept,
iT«^X-i T<:» «i««,a,,<.c£™. (1 Co 15'-;o).
Vision of angels to the women (Mk 165-7).
Visit of Peter and John to the Sepulchre
(Jn 203-10). Appearance of Jesus to
Mary Magdalene (2011-13); appearance
to St. Peter (Lk 2434).
4-6 p.m. — Appearance to two disciples,
who would not have left Jerusalem
until after evening prayer (cf. Ac 3'),
on way to Emmaus (Lk 241311.).
S p.m. (circa). — Appearance of Jesus to
the Eleven and those with them (Lk
\ 2436). In the account of interview with
^ disciples (Jn 2019n'-), Thomas absent.
(Jesus appeared to the disciples, Thomas
Msan'24. "< being present (Jn 2021'n-).
Further appearances recorded by Evangelists :— To seven
Apostles on the shore of the Sea of Tiberias (Jn 21). To tlie
Eleven Apostles on a mountain in Galilee (Mt 2816 20). To the
Apostles in Jerusalem (St. Luke in Ac 14). Ascension from
Bethany forty days after Passion and ten days before Penl
(Lk 2450, Ac If
■12).
LiTP.RATURE. — Josephus, Ant. and BJ ; Irenseus, adv. Ilcer. ; Clement of Alexandria, Strom. ; Hippolytus, Com. on San., and Paschal Cycle ; Origen, Com. on SI. John ; Ideler, Handb. der Ckranol. ; Wieseler, Chronol. Sijnops. der Evang. ; Salmon in Ucnnathena, No. 18 ; Farrar, Life 0/ Christ ; Westcott, ' Gospel of St. John' (Speakers Com.), and Introduction to the Gospels; Sanday, Authorship and Historical Character of the Fourth Gospel, and art. 'Jesus Christ' in Hastings' SB; Hitchcock, Studies in Our Lord's Last Mission ; Westcott and Hort, Greek Testament; artt. 'Chronology,' 'Fasts and Feasts,' 'Passover,' ' Pentecost' in Hastings' SB.