There are many important things to observe about Holy Monday, but two are particularly important.įirst, Holy Monday set up the events which happened on Maundy Thursday. He ended the day by telling the disciples he would be crucified in two days ( Matthew 26:1-2). Jesus then told a story about how God will respond to people at the final judgment ( Matthew 25:31-46). Jesus followed this warning by telling parables about 10 bridesmaids waiting for the bridegroom ( Matthew 25:1-30), and about three servants showing their master what they did with what they were given ( Matthew 25:14-30). In his teaching, Jesus told parables about two sons ( Matthew 21:28-32), evil farm tenants ( Matthew 21:33-46) ( Mark 12:1-12) ( Luke 20:9-19), and a king who gave a great feast ( Matthew 22:1-14).Īfter praising a widow for giving all she had as an offering ( Mark 12:41-44) ( Luke 21:1-4), Jesus noted his disciples looking around at Jerusalem and gave an apocalyptic message about the future ( Matthew 24:1-51) ( Mark 13:137) ( Luke 21:5-36). In between these debates, Jesus taught people, asking whose son they believed the Messiah was ( Matthew 22:41-46) ( Mark 12:35-37) ( Luke 20:41-44) and warned about corrupt teachers ( Matthew 23:1-36) ( Mark 12:38-40) ( Luke 20:45-47). Then the Pharisees asked Jesus for the greatest commandment, Jesus said it was “love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind,” and that the second greatest was to “ love your neighbor as yourself” (Mathew 22:34-40). The Sadducees asked him about marriage at the final resurrection (which they didn’t believe in) and Jesus replied that in the age to come people would not be married or marry ( Matthew 22:23-33) ( Mark 12:-18-34) ( Luke 27:-40). When they asked Jesus whether it was proper to pay Roman taxes, he told them, “give to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is God’s” ( Matthew 22:15-22) ( Mark 12:13-17) ( Luke 20:20-26).
They asked what authority he had, and Jesus replied by asking them what authority John the Baptist had ( Matthew 21:23-28) ( Mark 11:27-31) ( Luke 20:1-8). Either way, Jesus used the opportunity to tell the disciples that if they had enough faith, they could not only tell a fig tree to wither, they could tell mountains to move ( Matthew 21:20-22) ( Mark 11:23).Īfter Jesus cleared the temple, religious leaders asked Jesus questions to trick him.
He cursed the fig tree, which either immediately withered ( Matthew 21:19-22) or the disciples noticed it had withered when they passed it the next day ( Mark 11:20-25). While walking from Bethany to Jerusalem, Jesus saw a fig tree with no fruit. The closest Matthew gets to giving a timeline is saying that Jesus spoke with the Sadducees about marriage “on the same day” ( Matthew 22:23) he told three parables and talked about taxes. Matthew 22-25 describes these teaching and debates without making it clear if Jesus did it all on one day or over two days. Mark 11:20-13:17 describes Jesus going back to Bethany after clearing the temple and doing the teaching and debates on Holy Tuesday. Mark 11 says Jesus came to Jerusalem on Sunday, went to the temple, and “after looking around carefully at everything, he left because it was late in the afternoon” ( Mark 11:11), then cleared the temple on Holy Monday ( Mark 11:15-18).Ī similar problem comes with the teaching that Jesus did in Jerusalem. Matthew 21:12-17 and Luke 19:45-48 describe Jesus clearing the temple on Palm Sunday. Sometimes different Gospels record events happening on different days.
What Happened on Holy Monday in Scripture? Receive encouragement straight to your inbox. It is the second day that Jesus was in Jerusalem, and the Bible records him giving a variety of teachings and debating the religious leaders over Holy Monday and the next day (Holy Tuesday). Holy Monday is the second day of Holy Week, right after Palm Sunday. However, the Bible has a lot to say about the day, and it really helps us understand the rest of the Passion story. It’s after the big day where Jesus was greeted with palm leaves it’s before the day where Judas agreed to betray him and all the vivid events that take place from the Last Supper onward.
In many discussions about the week before Easter, Holy Monday gets short notice.
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