Starting in Genesis and working our way to Revelation looking up the Christian Spring Holidays of Lent, Palm Sunday, Ash Wednesday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday, Easter.

This is a companion to the The Scripture Survey on Passover Video which has far more detail. This companion is for listing scriptures typically used to support each of the Christian Holidays.

Lent/Ash Wednesday

Matthew 4:1
Then Jesus was led up into the wilderness by the Spirit to be tempted by the devil,

• The origins of Lent/Ash Wednesday never mention being tied to the 40 days in the wilderness, this connection was added later around 325 AD.
• Used to be on Sunday but in the fifth century it was moved by a pop to Wednesday.
• Nothing resembling the current traditions were observed by anyone in the Bible, nor the disciples of the disciples.

Palm Sunday

Matthew 21:8
And a very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and others were cutting branches from the trees and spreading them on the road.

• In Biblical times, this would have been when the people were choosing their lambs on the 10th day in preparation for Passover (Passover Offering).
• When Yeshua/Jesus rode into Jerusalem on the donkey and the psalms were waved was not on a Sunday. The people were choosing their King.
• The first mention of Psalm Sunday is in the 4th Century.
• Nothing resembling the current traditions were observed by anyone in the Bible, nor the disciples of the disciples.

Maundy Thursday/Communion

Matthew 26:26
Now while they were eating Jesus took bread and, after giving thanks, he broke it, and giving it to the disciples, he said, “Take, eat, this is my body.”

• This was never called "communion" in the Bible. It is clear the disciples had prepared for the first day of Feast of Unleavened Bread and the Passover meal.
• No early writers referred to the meal as "The Last Supper." It was first called that by the Roman Catholic Church in 1956.
• Every year they would observe Passover/Unleavened Bread with the bread and the wine and remembered their Messiah, Yeshua/Jesus.
• Nothing resembling the current traditions were observed by anyone in the Bible, nor the disciples of the disciples.

Good Friday

Matthew 27:45–46
45 Now from the sixth hour, darkness came over all the land until the ninth hour. 46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” (that is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”)

• Friday (5th day of the week) in Biblical times would have been from Sunday Thursday until Sunday Friday.
• Good Friday was not observed until about the 4th century.
• The daily sacrifices were made in the temple on the third and ninth hours.
• Nothing resembling the current traditions were observed by anyone in the Bible, nor the disciples of the disciples.

Easter

Matthew 28:1
Now after the Sabbath, at the dawning on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to view the tomb.
Acts 12:4
After he had arrested him, he also put him in prison, handing him over to four squads of soldiers to guard him, intending to bring him out for public trial after the Passover.

• Easter does not appear anywhere in the Bible. The word didn't even exist until well into the 2nd Century. Some translations replaced the word Passover with Easter.
• The first day of the week would be from Sundown on Saturday to Sundown on Sunday.
• In Biblical times they would have been observing First Fruits {First Fruits – the Real Celebration of Resurrection)}.
• In Bible times they would have observed First Fruits, celebrating and remembering their Messiah, Yeshua/Jesus as being the First Fruit.
• Nothing resembling the current traditions were observed by anyone in the Bible, nor the disciples of the disciples.

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