Lay it to Heart

Palm Sunday

Is Palm Sunday Correct?
Jesus was crucified on the passover. Six days earlier, Jesus came to Bethany. John 12:1 says, "Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead." The next day, he made his entry into Jerusalem.

John 12:
	12	On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,
	13	Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord.
	14	And Jesus, when he had found a young [donkey], sat thereon; as it is written,
	15	Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an [donkey's] colt.

Verse 1 tells us that six days before the passover Jesus came to Bethany. In verse 12, the phrase "the next day" lets us know it was five days before the passover when Jesus entered Jerusalem. Jesus was crucified on Wednesday. Five days before Wednesday is Friday. To believe in Palm Sunday you are forced to believe Jesus was crucified on Friday which violates Biblical teaching. Tradition has become more important with pastors than Biblical truth. The Triumphal Entry is just one example. Jesus did not make this entrance on Sunday but instead on Friday.