This is referred to as Palm Sunday -in terms of when it is remembered in the church calendar, although it need not have happenned on a Sunday, but certainly close to a week before Jesus was crucified. The ''Palm'' title refers to the Palm branches which people placed on the road as Jesus entered Jerusalem.
Jesus entered Jerusalem on a donkey on what is celebrated as Palm Sunday, which is the Sunday before Passover. Passover begins on the 14th day of the Hebrew month of Nisan, which typically falls on a Thursday. Therefore, there are approximately four days between Jesus' entry into Jerusalem and Passover day.
It is estimated that thousands of people attended the Passover in Jesus' day, as it was a significant religious event for the Jewish people. Jerusalem would have been crowded with pilgrims coming to celebrate the holiday.
Passover fell on a Friday when Jesus died.
No. It starts on palm sunday, that's when Jesus arrived on a donkey in Jerusalem. Good Friday is the day Passover was celebrated and the day that Jesus was cruxified on. The Saturday after that, Jesus was buried and on Sunday, He rose from the dead. He ressurrected.
In the synoptic gospels, the Last Supper marked the day of the Passover, a day that Jews mark by a ritual meal. The next day, he was tried, crucified and buried. In the Gospel According to John, Jesus washed the feet of the disciples on the day before the Passover, with no particular emphasis on the supper they had. Jesus was tried, crucified and buried on the day of the Passover.
It was the Passover evening meal. He was crucified on the Passover day as in Jewish tradition, a day begins and ends at sunset.
They believe that Jesus arrived in Jerusalem for fulfilling his mission of salvation,and the entrance of Jesus in Jerusalem is celebrated during Palm Sunday.This is the messianic entrance of the anointed one.
Jesus fulfilled the Passover as was given to Moses as an example of His coming. For some Christians, Passover is a memorial of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, "our Passover" which made possible the forgiveness of our sins.
If you believe as many do, that Jesus died on Passover, than Jesus died at the same time that the Passover Lamb was being killed in the temple. At 3:00 PM. So Jesus is our passover Lamb, the Feast of Passover was only a picture of what Jesus was going to do for us as Hebrew chapter 10 teaches us. There is some thought that Jesus died on Thrs. not Friday, But no matter what, it was the day of Passover. The mix up comes because the day after His dieth was the sabbath (Saturday). But the day after Passover is the day of Unleaven Bread. It is a high day, the same as a sabbath and is none as a sabbath. So that might be what is meant when the Bible says Sabbath.
He returned to Galilee
The Jewish calendar has days starting at nightfall and proceeding to the next evening.In the synoptic gospels, , the Passover was on Friday on the year of the crucifixion. The Last Supper was the Feast of the Passover, which occurred on Thursday evening and therefore in the Jewish calendar just as Friday began. In these gospels Jesus died on the cross on the day of the Passover.John's Gospel sought to draw a parallel between Jesus and the paschal lamb, so moves the Passover to Saturday. It omits the Passover meal and, although Jesus was still crucified on Friday, it was the day of preparation for the Passover (John 19:14: "And it was the preparation of the passover ..."
According to the Gospel of Luke, Jesus traveled with Mary, Joseph, and other members of their extended family to Jereusalem to celebrate a Jewish feast called the Passover. Luke 2:41-46 "Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover. And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast. And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his mother knew not of it. But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day's journey; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance. And when they found him not, they turned back again to Jerusalem, seeking him. And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions. "