Events Leading Up to the Death of Christ

EVENTS leading up to Jesus’ death took place in and around Jerusalem. Here the Son of God was presented to the nation as its King. As he approached the city, a multitude of the disciples cried out: “Blessed is the One coming as the King in Jehovah’s name!” (Lu 19:37, 38) But the religious leaders of the nation rejected him and falsely charged that he was inciting the people to revolt. When the Roman governor, Pontius Pilate, pointedly asked Jesus whether he was a king, Jesus replied: “My kingdom is no part of this world.” When Pilate himself presented Jesus to the Jews, saying: “See! Your king!” the chief priests answered: “We have no king but Caesar.”—Joh 18:33-38; 19:14, 15.

[Picture on page 741] — Inscribed stone bearing the name of Pontius Pilate, in Latin; discovered in 1961

[Map on page 742] — **MAP:** Jerusalem and Surrounding Area (Events Leading Up to the Death of Christ)

[Picture on page 743] — Nisan 9: As Christ entered Jerusalem, he was hailed as King

NISAN 9
Bethany	Joh 12:2-9
To Jerusalem	Lu 19:29-44
NISAN 10
Jerusalem, temple	Mr 11:15-18
NISAN 11
Jerusalem, temple	Mt 21:23–24:2; Lu 21:1-4
Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem	Mt 24:3–25:46
NISAN 12
Jerusalem	Lu 22:1-6
NISAN 13
Near and in Jerusalem	Lu 22:7-13
NISAN 14
Jerusalem	Joh 13:1–17:26; Mt 26:26-29
Garden of Gethsemane, east of Jerusalem	Mt 26:36-56
Jerusalem, house of Caiaphas	Joh 18:13, 24; Mt 26:57-75
Jerusalem, Sanhedrin hall	Lu 22:66-71
Jerusalem, governor’s palace	Joh 18:28–19:16
Golgotha, outside Jerusalem	Lu 23:33-46

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