Holy Week – Wednesday
Some scholars will dispute the precise days certain events occurred in the Holy Week, in part due to differences in calendars. Some believe that Judas agreed to betray Jesus on Wednesday, rather than Tuesday evening. Some even believe that Jesus was actually crucified on Wednesday. Nevertheless, the most convincing traditions call this “Silent Wednesday” because the Bible tells us very little about Jesus’ actions on this day. In the Catholic tradition, this is also called Dark Wednesday or the Wednesday of Darkness, to underscore the loneliness of Jesus.
Luke does say that, “each day Jesus was teaching at the Temple… and all the people came early in the morning to hear him.” Presumably Jesus stayed in Bethany, where He had been before.
Previously on ITA:
Holy Week – Tuesday
Holy Week – Monday
Holy Week – Palm Sunday
6 Responses to “Holy Week – Wednesday”
Jesus statement “For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth (Matthew 12:40).” gets the contraversy started.
Friday is not mentioned in the gospels. Mark 15:42 refers to “…the day before the sabbath.” This may be the cause of the misunderstanding.
In Matt. 28:1 it should read “At the end of the sabbaths” (it’s plural in the Greek) implying more than one sabbath in that week.
The idea that Jesus was crucified on the Friday exactly five days after his triumphal entry is about as silly as young-Earth creationism, saying the Earth was created in 6 days. Even sillier. It’s projecting backwards from the liturgical calendar into history. You might as well say Jesus was only four months old when he died because that’s the time between Christmas and Easter. Only one Gospel (John) implies the palm thing even happened on a Sunday.
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