2.42 The Road To Jerusalem

History in the Bible

Garry Stevens

History, Christianity, Judaism, Bible, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 27 July 2019

⏱️ 32 minutes

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As so often, the synoptic gospels of Mark, Matthew and Luke tell a different story of the third and final act of Jesus' life compared to the gospel of John. In the gospel of John, Jesus spends six months in Judea before his death, and is attacked by the authorities because he raised Lazarus from the dead. John has Jesus deliver a series of confusing speeches about his relationship with God. Against John, the synoptic gospels assert that Jesus spent a few weeks traveling to Judea, and only a week in the city.

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0:00.0	Gide. I'm Gary Stevens. And welcome to the second series of the History in the Bible podcast.
0:13.1	More of the history in more of the books in all the Bibles.
0:20.3	Episode 2.42, The Road to Jerusalem
0:25.1	A few episodes ago, I said that you can divide Jesus' ministry into three parts.
0:34.2	In the first, he is tempted by Satan, acquires four disciples, and preaches his inaugural sermon.
0:42.5	In the second, he teaches throughout Galilee, with the occasional side-trip north.
0:48.6	He fills out his posse of disciples and conducts many miracles.
0:54.0	In the third act, Jesus journeys south from Galilee,
0:58.2	to meet his destiny in Jerusalem,
1:01.2	preaching in parables as he goes.
1:04.1	Let me tell you the story of that third and final act.
1:08.7	I'll begin with the account of the Gospel of John. John's account cannot be
1:14.0	reconciled with the stories in Matthew, Mark and Luke. The synoptic gospels tell us that after
1:21.5	Jesus departs Galilee, he spends a few days or weeks moving through Samaria to Judea.
1:29.3	The climax of his life occurs during a single week spent in Jerusalem.
1:35.5	From Palm Sunday to the Passion.
1:38.6	The Gospel of John contradicts that.
1:41.6	In John's chapters 7 to 11, the evangelist describes how Jesus decides
1:47.0	to journey from Galilee to Jerusalem for the great festival of Sukkot, or Booths.
1:54.0	Sukkot was one of the three great pilgrimage festivals.
1:59.0	Sukkot is held in early autumn, typically early October.
2:03.6	Originally a celebration of the fruit harvest, the feast came to celebrate the Exodus.
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