4. The Final Settlement of the date of Easter and the Attempts made to commemorate the day of the Month on which Christ died
The manner in which the commemoration of our Lord’s passion and death admitted of being celebrated in agreement with the Jewish Calendar, is due to the minuteness with which the fourth Evangelist describes the events of Holy Week.
On the 9th Nisan our Lord arrived at Bethania. The next day, the 10th, took place the triumphal entry into Jerusalem[109]—Palm Sunday.
11th Nisan, Monday. Curse pronounced on the barren fig-tree, and second, cleansing of the Temple.
12th Nisan, Tuesday. Conferences between our Lord and the Pharisees and Sadducees; the widow’s mite; attempts of the Greeks to see our Lord.
13th Nisan, Wednesday. Judas betrays our Lord to the Chief Priests.
14th Nisan, Thursday. The Last Supper and the Betrayal.
15th Nisan, Friday. Condemnation and Death of Jesus.[110]
16th Nisan, Sabbath. The body of Jesus in the sepulchre.