The Last Week
On this day Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a colt to the shouts of crowds waving palm branches.
What is Palm Sunday?
In this teaching, Jesus says the greatest commandments are to love God and to love your neighbor as yourself.
What is the Greatest Commandment?
Shortly before his death, Jesus raised this man from the dead after four days in the tomb, a sign recorded in John 11.
Who is Lazarus?
The King who wrote “They pierced my hands and my feet,” often linked to the crucifixion, is named this.
Who is David?
This day celebrates Jesus’ resurrection and is the culmination of Holy Week.
What is Easter Sunday?
Jesus shared this meal with his disciples the night before he was arrested, instituting a sacrament.
What is the Last Supper?
Jesus taught his followers to pray using this concise model prayer that begins “Our Father.”
What is the Lord’s Prayer?
When Jesus fed the 5,000, he used five loaves and these to feed a large crowd.
What are two fish?
Micah 5:2 is cited as predicting the birthplace of the Messiah as this town.
What is Bethlehem?
The meal commemorating Jesus’ Last Supper is often observed in churches as this sacrament or ordinance.
What is Communion?
This garden was where Jesus prayed in agony and was arrested.
What is the Garden of Gethsemane?
In a teaching about forgiveness, Jesus tells a story of a king forgiving a servant’s huge debt; the story is called this.
What is the Parable of the Unforgiving Servant?
At Jesus’ baptism and again at his transfiguration, this heavenly sign accompanied him.
What is the voice of God?
Isaiah 53 describes the suffering servant who is interpreted as predicting the Messiah’s suffering and this outcome.
What is the servant’s suffering and ultimate vindication
This symbolic three-day period from Thursday evening to Sunday evening commemorates Jesus’ death and resurrection.
What is the Paschal Triduum?
He was the Roman governor who authorized Jesus’ crucifixion.
Who is Pontius Pilate?
In this short saying from Holy Week, Jesus identifies himself as the “vine,” and his followers as the “branches.”
What is the True Vine teaching?
From the cross, at Jesus’ death the temple experienced this dramatic event described in the Gospels.
What is the tearing of the temple curtain?
Zechariah wrote of one coming “humble and riding on a donkey,” a prophecy Christians link to this event.
What is the Triumphal Entry?
Early Christians used this symbol—a fish—because the Greek letters spell a phrase meaning “Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior.”
What is the ichthys?
According to the Gospels, this Jewish leader handed Jesus over to the Romans and asked for a murderer to be released instead.
Who is Caiaphas?
Jesus taught that one must be born again of water and the Spirit to enter God’s kingdom to this Samaritan woman.
Who is the woman at the well?
After Jesus’ resurrection, he appeared to two disciples walking to this village.
What is Emmaus?
The prophet Hosea’s experience of being betrayed for thirty pieces of silver is linked typologically to this New Testament event.
What is Judas’ betrayal of Jesus?
The season of forty days before Easter dedicated to fasting, prayer, and repentance is called this.
What is Lent?