Bible Verses About Holy Week And The Passion Of Christ

For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:

Best Bible passage for once-for-sins suffering and being made alive

For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.

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Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church:

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Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;

passage that Christ suffered for us in the flesh

But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.

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Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

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For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:

passage that Christ suffered for us leaving an example

Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?

passage on Christ having to suffer and enter glory

Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified.

Passion prediction tied to crucifixion and rising again

Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

Bore our sins in his body on the tree

And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again.

Prediction of scourging, crucifixion, and third-day resurrection

After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death.

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Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

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And they shall scourge him, and put him to death: and the third day he shall rise again.

Parallel Passion prediction with resurrection on the third day

Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.

Shows the Passion and third-day resurrection in Jesus' own words

And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him.

Narrates delivery to death and crucifixion

And they shall mock him, and shall scourge him, and shall spit upon him, and shall kill him: and the third day he shall rise again.

Prediction of mocking, scourging, killing, and rising again

And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the passover, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare that thou mayest eat the passover?

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Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover.

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In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD's passover.

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Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must be killed.

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And the Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

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Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.

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Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the passover?

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And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on.

Preparation day before the Sabbath, useful background for the timeline

Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ.

Apostolic summary that the Christ had to suffer and rise again

Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.

Bible passage for first-day, early morning tomb visit