Holy Week in the Gospels
Orrente, Pedro (1580-1645). Entry into Jerusalem (1620). Oil on canvas. The State Hermitage Museum, Russia.
The week beginning with Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem and ending with his resurrection on Easter Sunday is called Holy Week.
A measure of how important this week was to the gospel writers is the extraordinary amount of space they devote to it.
“Three of the Gospels devote a full third of their content to reporting on this week, while the Fourth dedicates its entire last half.”
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