Our Story Begins
Now it was two days before the Passover and the festival of Unleavened Bread when Jesus, who knew that his hour had come to depart this world and return to the Father, turned to his disciples and said, “The Son of Man will soon be handed over to be crucified.” … Shortly thereafter the chief priests and the scribes gathered in the house of Caiaphas, the high priest, and conspired to arrest Jesus and kill him, though by stealth – for they were afraid, saying “We should do nothing against him during the festival, lest there be rioting among the people.” [Matthew 26:1-5, Mark 14:1-2, Luke 22:1-2 & John 13:1a]
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