Where each event in the last week is recorded across the four Gospels. All references NASB.
| Event | Matthew | Mark | Luke | John |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nisan 9 — Friday: Arrival in Bethany | ||||
| Arrival in Bethany | 12:1 | |||
| Supper; Mary anoints His feet | 12:2–8 | |||
| Nisan 10 — Saturday: The Lamb Is Selected | ||||
| Entry into Jerusalem | 21:1–11 | 11:1–10 | 19:28–44 | 12:12–19 |
| Enters temple, looks around, returns to Bethany | 11:11 | |||
| Nisan 11 — Sunday: Leaves Without Fruit | ||||
| Fig tree cursed | 21:18–19a | 11:12–14 | ||
| Temple cleansed | 21:12–13 | 11:15–17 | 19:45–46 | |
| Chief priests seek to destroy Him | 11:18 | 19:47–48 | ||
| Returns to Bethany | 11:19 | |||
| Nisan 12 — Monday: The Lamb Is Examined | ||||
| Fig tree found withered | 21:19b–22 | 11:20–26 | ||
| Authority questioned | 21:23–27 | 11:27–33 | 20:1–8 | |
| Parables (tenants, wedding feast) | 21:28–22:14 | 12:1–12 | 20:9–19 | |
| Taxes to Caesar | 22:15–22 | 12:13–17 | 20:20–26 | |
| Resurrection question (Sadducees) | 22:23–33 | 12:18–27 | 20:27–40 | |
| Greatest commandment | 22:34–40 | 12:28–34 | ||
| David’s son question | 22:41–46 | 12:35–37 | 20:41–44 | |
| Woes to scribes and Pharisees | 23:1–39 | 12:38–40 | 20:45–47 | |
| Widow’s offering | 12:41–44 | 21:1–4 | ||
| Olivet Discourse | 24–25 | 13:1–37 | 21:5–36 | |
| “After two days the Passover” | 26:1–2 | 14:1 | ||
| Conspiracy of chief priests | 26:3–5 | 14:1–2 | 22:1–2 | |
| Nisan 12–13: The Anointing and the Betrayal | ||||
| Anointing at Simon the leper’s house | 26:6–13 | 14:3–9 | ||
| Judas arranges betrayal | 26:14–16 | 14:10–11 | 22:3–6 | |
| Nisan 13 — Tuesday: Preparation | ||||
| Disciples prepare the Passover meal | 26:17–19 | 14:12–16 | 22:7–13 | |
| Nisan 14 Begins — Tuesday Evening: The Last Supper | ||||
| Jesus reclines with the twelve | 26:20 | 14:17 | 22:14 | |
| “I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover” | 22:15–16 | |||
| Foot washing | 13:3–15 | |||
| Betrayer identified | 26:21–25 | 14:18–21 | 22:21–23 | 13:21–30 |
| Bread and cup instituted | 26:26–29 | 14:22–25 | 22:19–20 | |
| Peter’s denial foretold | 26:31–35 | 14:27–31 | 22:31–38 | 13:36–38 |
| Farewell discourse | 14–16 | |||
| High priestly prayer | 17 | |||
| Nisan 14 — Wednesday: The Lamb Is Killed | ||||
| Gethsemane and Arrest | ||||
| Gethsemane — agony in prayer | 26:36–46 | 14:32–42 | 22:39–46 | 18:1 |
| Arrest | 26:47–56 | 14:43–52 | 22:47–54a | 18:2–12 |
| The Trials | ||||
| Before Annas | 18:13–14, 19–24 | |||
| Before Caiaphas / Sanhedrin (night) | 26:57–68 | 14:53–65 | 22:54, 63–65 | |
| Peter’s three denials | 26:69–75 | 14:66–72 | 22:54b–62 | 18:15–18, 25–27 |
| Before the Council (morning) | 27:1 | 15:1a | 22:66–71 | |
| Before Pilate | 27:2, 11–14 | 15:1b–5 | 23:1–5 | 18:28–38 |
| Before Herod | 23:6–12 | |||
| Before Pilate again; Barabbas released | 27:15–26 | 15:6–15 | 23:13–25 | 18:39–19:16 |
| Crucifixion, Death, and Burial | ||||
| Mocking by soldiers | 27:27–31 | 15:16–20 | 19:1–3 | |
| Simon of Cyrene | 27:32 | 15:21 | 23:26 | |
| Women weeping on the road | 23:27–31 | |||
| Crucifixion | 27:33–44 | 15:22–32 | 23:33–43 | 19:17–27 |
| Darkness and death | 27:45–56 | 15:33–41 | 23:44–49 | 19:28–37 |
| Burial | 27:57–61 | 15:42–47 | 23:50–56a | 19:38–42 |
| Nisan 15 — Thursday: High-Day Sabbath | ||||
| “That Sabbath was a high day” | 19:31 | |||
| Guard posted at the tomb | 27:62–66 | |||
| Nisan 16 — Friday: The Day Between | ||||
| Women buy spices (“when the Sabbath was over”) | 16:1 | |||
| Women prepare spices and perfumes | 23:56a | |||
| Nisan 17 — Saturday: Weekly Sabbath | ||||
| “On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment” | 23:56b | |||
| First Day — Sunday: The Tomb Is Empty | ||||
| Stone rolled away; angel(s) at the tomb | 28:1–8 | 16:1–8 | 24:1–8 | 20:1–2 |
| Mary Magdalene sees the risen Lord | 28:9–10 | 16:9 | 20:11–18 | |
| Peter and John run to the tomb | 24:12 | 20:3–10 | ||
| Road to Emmaus | 24:13–35 | |||
| Appearance to the disciples (evening) | 24:36–43 | 20:19–23 | ||