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Nisan 8 Initial point of the Journey

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6 days before Passover, Jesus was in Bethany with12 disciples and both man and woman followers from Galilee. Some of them stayed with the local host families.

In a heartily welcome party Mary of Bethany anointed Jesus’ feet and wiped them with her hair. ( John12:3).

Jesus and all 12 disciples lived in the house of Simon the leper till His crucifixion. (Matt 26:6)

3 Then Mary took about a pint[a] of pure nard, an expensive perfume; she poured it on Jesus’ feet and wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

Footnotes:

John 12:3 Or about 0.5 liter

⁶ The rest seized his servants, mistreated them and killed them.

Nisan 9 Come to Jerusalem

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In 8th and 9th days a large  crowd of Jews from  Jerusalem came to see  Jesus who raised Lazarus from death couple of months ago.  (Jn 12:9-11)

Sometime in the afternoon, 12 disciples,+ crowds from  Galilee / Jerusalem,  all went with Jesus to Jerusalem. On the way,
disciples brought a colt  to Him to sit on. Jesus entered the city as KING.

Then with the 12, Jesus went onto the temple courts, looked around everything.. …..

⁹ Meanwhile a large crowd of Jews found out that Jesus was there and came, not only because of him but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. ¹⁰ So the chief priests made plans to kill Lazarus as well, ¹¹ for on account of him many of the Jews were going over to Jesus and believing in him.

Nisan 10 Enter the holy temple

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Bethany is only 1.5 miles from the city, about 30 minutes’ walking.

It was already late: Jesus entered the city in the 9th afternoon, while left the temple after the 10th began. The intentional purpose-

The Passover lamb: Bring home on the 10th ,  look closely and keep  to the 14th ,if it is without  defect.

………. Jesus returned to Bethany with the 12. There  is no record of cleansing,  healing and teaching in the holy temple on the 10th day.

Nisan 11 Cleanse the temple

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The next day, they left Bethany….. reaching Jerusalem…Jesus entered the temple courts, ... driving out …buying … selling …, overturned ....

Since the 11th, Jesus taught, debated and healed the sick in the temple. With the 12 Jesus returned to Bethany after the temple recessed for the day. (Matt 21:17)

Each night Jesus, by Himself, might stay somewhere else on Mt. Olives. (LK 21:37)

¹⁷ And he left them and went out of the city to Bethany, where he spent the night.

³⁷ Each day Jesus was teaching at the temple, and each evening he went out to spend the night on the hill called the Mount of Olives,