The Saviors Last Week

Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Day 4	Day 5	Day 6	Day 7 (Sabbath)	Day of Resurrection
Arrived in Jerusalem. Rode the colt into the city.  Went to the temple.	Cleared out the temple, which challenged Jewish leadership, Jesus Returned to Bethany.	Clearing the temple raised problems with the priests. Jesus is question and answers in parables. He condemns the Pharisees.  Jesus did not teach the public, only to the 12.	Jesus knew of the Plot to kill him, he stayed outside the city.  Not much is known of this day.	Arranged the Passover, introduced the sacrament, and prophesied his death.  Offered the intercessory prayer.  Entered Gethsemane, completed the Atonement, rejoined the Apostles. He was betrayed and put on trial.	Jesus is charged with blasphemy. Pilot found Jesus guiltless.  But by this time the Pharisees had riled up the crowd to have the intention to kill Jesus.  He is crucified.	Jewish Sabbath.  Jesus remained in the tomb.	Jesus was resurrected.  He appeared to many to bear witness that he indeed was the son of God.

The Savior lived his life guiltless, he was regarded as a prophet and by some as who he really was, the Son Of God.  Those who betrayed him that day who were in the crowd shouting to crucify him were clearly not in the right state of mind.  I was told a story once of someone who attended and armature UFC match realate the experience quite well.

He told of watching a match where one man clearly dominated the other.  The beaten man was on the ground on all fours bleeding.  He had clearly given up.  Yet, the crowd who had come to see more action, not a match as short as this started to yell; “Kill him!, Kill him!”.  No one in this crowd when taken to the side individually would ever advise that one good man should kill another.  In a group though, many individuals can allow satan to influence them in horrible ways if they are not careful.  May I always stay away from crowds that stand a chance of influencing me in such a horrible way.

When I look at the crucifixion in this light, I have a little easier time understanding why the Lord would say “forgive them, for the know not what they do”.