PASSION The Paschal

DEATH & Mystery of

RESURRECTION Jesus
 Table of Contents

01 Conspiracy Against Jesus

Background of Jesus Arrest and

02
Condemnation to Death

Who was responsible for Jesus’

03
death?

Was Jesus Free in Accepting his

04
Death?

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 Table of Contents

Understanding Atonement,
05 Paschal Lamb, and Suffering
Servant Messiah

06 God’s Unconditional Love

07 Moment of Transition

08 Resurrection of Jesus

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Jesus made enemies with the
religious authorities of his time due
to the allegations that he violated
fundamental religious traditions
and tenets of Judaism.

Scribes Pharisees Sadducees

INTRODUCTION
The accounts of Paschal mystery THINGS TO
were written by evangelists from BEAR IN
the perspective of faith.
MIND
The narratives, in various THINGS TO
occasion, also reflect the insights BEAR IN
of the early Church. MIND
The life of Jesus is portrayed
THINGS TO
from the perspective of faith.
Thus, gospels are faith-sources
BEAR IN
or faith-testimonies. MIND
ROAD OF THE CROSS Conspiracy
Against
Jesus

RELEVANCE TO
CHRISTIAN FAITH
 CONSPIRACY
AGAINST JESUS
...
Based on John’s account, some of those
who witnessed the great miracle of
raising Lazarus from the dead went to
the members of the Sanhedrin, and
reported the incident.
PLOT TO KILL JESUS
 So the chief priest, and the
Pharisees convened the
Sanhedrin and said:
“What are we going to do?”
The man is performing many
signs, many will believe him,
the Romans will come
and will take away our land and
our nation.

Caiaphas said,
“… it is better for you that
one man should die
instead of the people.
B AC KG RO U N D
OF JESUS’ ARREST &
CONDEMNATION
TO DEATH
 But we may ask:
On what grounds that the
authorities had the
legitimate reason to arrest
and condemn JESUS to
his CRUCIFIXION
and DEATH?
S COTT H AN
offered his own
interpretation
Jesus kept the Torah of
Moses faithfully

Jesus did not sought to

Abolish the Law and the
Proph ets

But Jesus came into

conflict with the Jewish
leaders over at least three
(3) key issues of authority
A L L E G AT I O N S
AGAINST JESUS
 ALLEGATIONS
AGAINST JESUS

1. Violation of the
Law on the
Sabbath
(Mark 3:1-6, Mark 1:21-23)
 ALLEGATIONS
AGAINST JESUS

2. Plan to destroy
the Temple
Mark 14:57-58 Some took the
stand and testified falsely
against him, alleging, “We
heard him say, I will destroy this
temple made with hands and
within 3 days I will build another
not made with hands.”
 ALLEGATIONS
AGAINST JESUS

3. Jesus’ association
with sinners and
other social,
religious and
political outcasts.
 ALLEGATIONS
AGAINST JESUS

4. Question on the
interpretation of
the Jewish Law.
 ALLEGATIONS
AGAINST JESUS

5. Question on Jesus’
source of authority,
God as his Abba.
 ALLEGATIONS
AGAINST JESUS

6. Blasphemy: Jesus’
claim as Messiah
Mark 14:61-63 Again the high
priest asked him and said to him,
“Are you the Messiah, the Son of
the Blessed One?” Then Jesus
answered, “I am.”
RESPONSE TO
T H E RELIGIOUS
ACCUSATIONS
What are the
counter-arguments
to the religious
accusations?
Jesus replied to this by saying that the
Law must be at the service of the
welfare and greatest good of man.
Not man be enslaved by Law.

1st Sabbath Observance:

What Jesus meant of the destruction
was not physical alluded to his
body as the temple - anticipation
of this passion and death, rebuilt
though his resurrection.

2nd Destruction of the Temple:

Jesus once said: “Those who are well
do not need a physician, but the sick
do. I do not come to call the
righteous but sinners. (Mark 2:17)

3rd Association with Sinners:

Jesus went beyond the trap of
legalism and mere adherence to
the law. It should serve the greatest
benefit of man.

4th Interpretation of Jewish Law:

Discriminated the Gentile and
the sick by labelling them
as unclean and rendering
them as ritually impure.
Jesus spoke to LAW ON
them
Jesus spent time
PURITY
with them

Jesus touched them

Jesus healed them and

iberated them from the
bondage of social
udgment.
Jewish rabbi derived their authority
from their former rabbi, or from TORAH
while Jesus rooted his authority from
his intimate relationship with his
Father, his Abba.

5th Jesus’ Source of Authority:

Perhaps the greatest reason that
angered the authorities against Jesus
was the idea that he was the long-
awaited Messiah.

6th Accusation of Blasphemy:

According to scholars, during his
lifetime, Jesus did not explicitly and
publicly claimed that he is the
Messiah.

6th Accusation of Blasphemy:

Rather, it was a shared, divinely
revealed conviction and declaration
by the evangelists which was
discovered AFTER Jesus Resurrection .

6th Accusation of Blasphemy:

Throughout his ministry, Jesus did not
go to places and declared himself to
be the savior of all.

6th Accusation of Blasphemy:

Mark portrayed Jesus as forbidding
the disciples from spreading the word
that he is the Messiah in order to avoid
confusion and misconception about
his identity. (Mark 8:10)

6th Accusation of Blasphemy:

 Group Sharing

01 Conspiracy Against Jesus

Background of Jesus Arrest and

02
Condemnation to Death

Who was responsible for Jesus’

03
death?

Was Jesus Free in Accepting his

04
Death?

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