It had been quite a week – with greater importance than anyone realized at the time.
Jesus Christ was the center of it all – both for those who believed He was the promised Messiah, the Savior, and for those who did not want His message to intrude upon the way they lived.
Jesus had been going throughout Israel and the surrounding countryside, teaching, preaching and healing.
He had aroused quite a following, and was to stir many more to follow Him – and to flee from Him – within a matter of days.
Friends