Arrest, trial, and death

In the account given by the synoptic gospels, Jesus came with his followers to Jerusalem during the Passover festival where a large crowd came to meet him, shouting, "Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the ing of Israel!" !ollowing his triumphal entry, Jesus created a disturbance at Herod"s #emple by overturning the tables of the moneychangers who set up shop there, and claiming that they had made the #emple a "den of robbers$" %&ar' (()(*+$ Later that wee', Jesus celebrated the Passover meal with his disciples,an event subse-uently 'nown as the Last .upper,in which he prophesied that he would be betrayed by one of his disciples, and would then be e/ecuted$ In this ritual he too' bread and wine in hand, saying) "this is my body which is given for you" and "this cup which is poured out for you is the 0ew 1ovenant in my blood," and instructed them to "do this in remembrance of me" %Lu'e 22)*324+$ !ollowing the supper, Jesus and his disciples went to pray in the 5arden of 5ethsemane$ 6hile in the 5arden, Jesus was arrested by temple guards on the orders of the .anhedrin and the high priest, 1aiaphas %Lu'e 22)7*382, &atthew 29)7*389+$ #he arrest too' place clandestinely at night to avoid a riot, as Jesus was popular with the people at large %&ar' (7)2+$ Judas Iscariot, one of his apostles, betrayed Jesus by identifying him to the guards with a 'iss$ .imon Peter, another one of Jesus" apostles, used a sword to attac' one of Jesus" captors, cutting off his ear, which, according to Lu'e, Jesus immediately healed miraculously$Jesus rebu'ed the apostle, stating

"all they that ta'e the sword shall perish by the sword" %&atthew 29)82+$ :fter his arrest, Jesus" apostles went into hiding$ ;uring the .anhedrin #rial of Jesus, the high priests and elders as'ed Jesus, ":re you the .on of 5od<," and after he replied, "=ou say that I am," they condemned Jesus for blasphemy %Lu'e 22)*4>*(+$ #he high priests then turned him over to the ?oman procurator Pontius Pilate, based on an accusation of sedition for claiming to be ing of the Jews$ 6hen Jesus came before Pilate, Pilate as'ed him, ":re you the 'ing of the Jews<" to which he replied, "It is as you say$" :ccording to the 5ospels, Pilate personally felt that Jesus was not guilty of any crime against the ?omans, and since there was a custom at Passover for the ?oman governor to free a prisoner %a custom not recorded outside the 5ospels+, Pilate offered the crowd a choice between Jesus of 0a@areth and an insurrectionist named Barabbas$ #he crowd chose to have Barabbas freed and Jesus crucified$ Pilate washed his hands to indicate that he was innocent of the inAustice of the decision %&atthew 2*)((>29+$ :ccording to all four 5ospels, Jesus died before late afternoon at 1alvary, which was also called 5olgotha$ #he wealthy Judean Joseph of :rimathea, a member of the .anhedrin according to &ar' and Lu'e, received Pilate"s permission to ta'e possession of Jesus" body, placing it in a tomb$ :ccording to John, Joseph was aided by 0icodemus, who Aoined him to help bury Jesus, and who appears in other parts of John"s gospel %John (B)CD>72+$ #he three .ynoptic 5ospels tell of the dar'ening of the s'y from twelve until three that afternoonE &atthew also mentions an earth-ua'e %&atthew 2*)8(+$

Resurrection and Ascension

:ccording to the 5ospels, Jesus rose from the dead on the third day after his crucifi/ion$#he 5ospel of &atthew states that an angel appeared near the tomb of Jesus and announced his resurrection to &ary &agdelene and "another &ary" who had arrived to anoint the body %&atthew 2D)(3(4+$ :ccording to Lu'e there were two angels %Lu'e 27)7+, and according to &ar' there was a youth dressed in white %&ar' (9)8+$ &ar' states that on the morning of his resurrection, Jesus first appeared to &ary &agdalene %&ar' (9)B+$ John states that when &ary loo'ed into the tomb, two angels as'ed her why she was cryingE and as she turned round she initially failed to recogni@e Jesus until he spo'e her name %John 24)((3(D+$ #he :cts of the :postles state that Jesus appeared to various people in various places over the ne/t forty days$ Hours after his resurrection, he appeared to two travelers on the road to Fmmaus %Lu'e 27)(C3C8+$ #o his assembled disciples he showed himself on the evening after his resurrection %John 24)(B+$ :lthough his own ministry had been specifically to Jews, Jesus is said to have sent his apostles to the 5entiles with the 5reat 1ommission and ascended to heaven while a cloud concealed him from their sight$ :ccording to :cts, Paul of #arsus also saw Jesus during his ?oad to ;amascus e/perience$ Jesus promised to come again to fulfill the remainder of &essianic prophecy$