During the last week of Jesus' life, he did several things that carried a significance for his followers that we in our current culture may miss. Discover why he chose to ride into Jerusalem on a donkey; learn what his followers expected him to do when he entered the temple, and why what he *did* do was so shocking; explore the layers of significance in the place he chose to go to pray, and in the manner of his prayers; find out what it was he did that provoked the authorities in Jerusalem to have him arrested.
There are nuances in the way Jesus was treated from the moment of his arrest through to his death that escape most modern-day readers. The process of Jesus' arrest, trial, procession to Golgotha, and crucifixion bear striking parallels to the Roman procession known as the *triumph.* Rabbi Sobel ...