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The change of chapters has to be seen as significant, in the terms of timing. All of the readings from Luke’s twenty-second chapter begin after six o’clock in the evening. Everything must be seen in terms of a fixed number of days in the Passover festival recognition, which is eight days: It begins and it ends on the same day of the week – ALWAYS. In this case – Jesus’ final Passover festival, where he is the sacrificial lamb – The first day of the Passover was a Sabbath, which began at 6:00 PM on the Friday night prior (14 Nisan). Because there are two Passover Seder meals that the Jews recognized then (and still today), the first Passover Seder was in Bethany, at Simon the leper’s house. Because travel from Bethany to Jerusalem (the upper room in the Essene Quarter) would be beyond a ‘Sabbath’s day’s walk,’ Jesus and his disciples and all family members in Bethany would have not begun to go there, from Bethany, until after six in the evening (in the Evening Watch of night). That travel would have been on an official timing of Sunday, on 15 Nisan. Therefore, everything written in Luke 22 told of the events that spread from about 6:45-ish P.M. on Saturday night (officially Sunday) 15 Nisan and extended into the Morning of Day, before the Sanhedrin, on official first day of the week. The arrest followed Jesus’ second Seder meal for that Passover, therefore his “last supper” (as opposed to his first supper).
Realizing the story of Joseph and Mary, when Jesus was born (unexpectedly) in Bethlehem, the reason there was “no room at the inn” was all the surrounding villages and towns of Jerusalem were packed like sardines, due to the Passover. Pilgrim from all around the globe had traveled there for this event; and, they would remain there until the Shavuot Festival (the fiftieth day, or Pentecost). So, imagine the tourists in a city for a Super Bowl, or coastal citizens fleeing their homes to an inland city, when a major hurricane is forecast. Everywhere is packed with people. There are no idyllic, peaceful roads, where silence and solitude are easily found. Due to that hectic level of activity, the Roman soldiers in the garrison of Fort Antonia and surrounding forts and placements, were on high alert to make sure no riots were caused by Roman force. All non-Jews headed to, through, or by Jerusalem would have been halted and forced to camp or take another route. Only Jews would be allowed in Jerusalem; and, it would have been packed with Jews. Because of that heightened level of people, there would be a long list of citizens requesting an audience with public officials; and, there would be no city clerks leaning on the elbows with nothing to do. All would be working feverishly to keep up with heightened demands for attention. Therefore, anyone who thinks Jesus went from seeing the Sanhedrin, to seeing Pilate, to seeing Herod Antipas, to back to seeing Pilate in one day is an idiot, who does not realize what getting a day in court demands. Try calling the governor’s office for your state and tell them you demand to see the governor in two hours. You will find out you are an idiot and certainly unimportant.
This means the text of all the Gospels that tell of the same time period during Jesus’ sacrifice as the lamb of Yahweh are not written to denote a short timeframe between verses. The Passover Seder meal begins after six o’clock, but Jesus’ arrest was around one in the morning, some six hours (or so) later. When Matthew and Mark and Luke says Jesus bork bread and then blessed wine, there was real time that passed between the verses that act as stenographer notes, in between sips of wine and eating a ritual dinner. Thus, in the same way, one can see a day taking place between Jesus being told to send Jesus to Herod, because all Galileans were under his area of rule. Herod was a king (puppet to Rome as that title was), but at this time the puppet ruler of Canada is acting like a baby tyrant, threatening peaceful demonstrations; but the word out recently says his family is in hiding, due to threats on his baby tyrant life. So, some person name Jesus of Nazareth, who Josephus belittles as nobody significant, was not some mega rock star or Hollywood celebrity, who would demand any ‘cutting in line,’ just so Herod could see him a.s.a.p.
Because it is shown that Jesus’ dead body was taken down from the cross on a Friday, when there had to be special approval to take a criminal’s body down before death had occurred – a statement that crucifixion was not a speedy form of death – it is highly likely that the other two men crucified on the same day as Jesus were near death, but still alive. That led to Jesus being proved to be dead, which allowed for his body to be taken down on Friday, when three days had not yet passed. Because Jesus appeared before the Sanhedrin on a Sunday and was taken down from his cross on a Friday, five days had passed, with the last two being when Jesus hang dying and dead on the cross, before being taken down. This timing says Jesus appeared before Pilate on Sunday; and, then he appeared before Herod Antipas on Tuesday morning, before being brought back to Pilate on Tuesday afternoon. Tuesday after noon was when Barabbas was chosen to be freed; and, Tuesday evening Jesus was scourged, then kept in a cell overnight. Wednesday morning he was led to Golgotha, crucified and died by three o’clock in the afternoon. He had been dead forty-eight hours when speared and taken down on Friday. Thus, it was on his Father’s day – the Sabbath – that Jesus resurrected, at three o’clock in the afternoon. All of this must be seen as planned by Yahweh.
Each of these nine sections from Luke 23 will be discerned separately and posted separately. A link to each commentary will be created, so all are welcomed to understand the great depth that comes from Scripture; so, it is not misused as too much manna gathered for one day. Of course, the whole of the Passion Sunday reading could be justified IF everyone reading and hearing read were committed to stay for the whole day, discussing the meaning of this divine Word.
Divisions A through F (Luke 23:1-56)
D: Luke 23:26-43 [Verses 33-43 read also on Proper 29 A]
[Part A] Luke 23:26-32
[Part B] Luke 23:33-38
[Part C] Luke 23:39-43