LUKE 21-24

YANINA QUEVEDO
 In Jesus's day, the precinct of the temple
was undergoing a renovation started by
Herod the Great a few decades earlier. You
can still see some of the "beautiful stones"
(21:5) of this renovation standing today as
part of the renowned welling wall in

VISIONS OF THE
Jerusalem.

FUTURE
They can expect arrests, persecutions,
trials, and prisons. They'll have to answer
charges in synagogues as well as before
kings and governorsall because of
Jesus.But Jesus doesn't want his followers
LUKE 21 to worry beforehand about how they're
going to defend themselves when they're
on trial.

Jesus promises to give them words of

wisdom, and no opponent will have the
ability to refute or contradict them.
 The chief priests and scribes are still trying
to find a way to crush Jesus, but his

BETRAYAL
popularity with the crowd holds them in
check.

,PASSOVER, Judas consorts with the chief priests and

officers about how he might assist them in

ARREST
capturing Jesus most efficiently.

Judas accepts their offer and starts to look

for an opportune time, when no crowd is
LUKE 22 around to protect Jesus.

Later, Jesus and his disciples are reclining

for the Passover meal. Jesus says he's
really excited to celebrate this holiday with
them before things go south. After all, he's
not going to celebrate like this again until
everything's fulfilled in God's kingdom.
 Jesus is being led toward his crucifixion
with a huge group of peopleincluding
womenfollowing behind.

One of the criminals joins in all the fun and

tells Jesus to save them, too, if he is the
Messiah.

THE CRUCIFIXION The other criminal sticks up for Jesus.

Doesn't he have any respect for God?
They've committed real crimes, which are
LUKE 23 deserving of a punishment such as this. But
Jesus has done nothing wrong.

With a loud voice Jesus cries his final

words: "Father, into your hands I commend
my spirit" (23:46). He's quoting psalm 31:5.
That's a pretty poetic way to end things.
 On the first day of the week at the first
crack of dawn, the women head to the
tomb with everything they need to
prepare Jesus's body for burial.

The womenMary Magdalene, Joanna,

THE EMPTY TOMB

Mary , and some othersleave the tomb
and report their findings to the eleven
disciples and some other interested
parties.

LUKE 24
Surprise, surprisethey don't believe
them. Peter alone gets up and runs to
the tomb. And sure enough, he sees it
with his own two eyes.