![]() “Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany.” -John 12:1 Support the rule of Rome? Collude with it for one’s own advantages? Oppose it, with armed force if necessary? Long for a Messiah, a “Son of David,” who will come and triumph over his people’s enemies? Seek to isolate oneself and hide away in safety? As we travel with Jesus on his journey, which we can truly say has changed the course of human history, we hear the echoes of these questions both in the biblical texts and in the landscape he encountered. Jesus lived his life in a milieu in which his compatriots (and others) differed profoundly in their response to the political realities of his day. But the passion cannot be understood apart from politics. There are not, nor should there be, easy correlations between situations then and now. To grapple more deeply with the life and passion and death of Jesus, it is important to explore it in the context of the politics and history of the New Testament period. We begin with his experience of Jericho, because it is the location where his initial profound and challenging choices will need to be made. The following series of reflections looks at several stopping points on this last journey of Jesus. ![]() Why was Jesus crucified? What implications does this have for the meaning of Jesus’s cross for us today? As Holy Week approaches, we seek to follow in the steps of Jesus as he makes his final journey from Jericho to Jerusalem-a journey which will result in his death a few days later.
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