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Holy Week · Year C

Palm Sunday (Sunday of the Passion)

April 9, 2028

Christ on the Cross, Diego Velázquez
Christ on the Cross, Diego Velázquez, 1632Museo del Prado, Madrid
The body alone against a black ground, the head fallen forward so the hair hides half the face, and nothing else in the picture at all.He set it aside, nailing it to the cross: Colossians 2 is about what was cancelled there, and the painting removes everything except the fact of it.Diego VelázquezCourt painter to Philip IV of Spain (1599-1660), and the one most often called a painter's painter. He painted less than most of his rank and left almost nothing unfinished.Museo del Prado, MadridSpain's national collection, formed from what the Spanish crown had bought over three centuries, which is why its Titians and Rubenses are unmatched.Museo del Prado, Madrid
LSB Three-Year Lectionary
GospelLuke 22:1-23:56Lk 22:1-23:56Alt. GospelLuke 23:1-56Lk 23:1-56Alt. GospelJohn 12:20-43Jn 12:20-43
EpistlePhil. 2:5-11Phil 2:5-11
Old TestamentDeut. 32:36-39Dt 32:36-39
PsalterPs. 118:19-29Ps 118:19-29Alt. PsalmPs. 31:9-16Ps 31:9-16

Overview & Insights

“Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.” (Luke 22:42)

Luke’s passion narrative is the most distinctive of the three synoptic accounts, and its differences run consistently in one direction. Satan is named at the outset (22:3) and the arrest is called the hour of the power of darkness (22:53); the disciples are handled more gently than in Mark; and Jesus goes on acting as benefactor even under arrest, healing the ear of the man struck in the garden and looking at Peter after the denial (22:51 and 22:61). Two celebrated passages in this long form are textually uncertain, the second cup with the words about the new covenant (22:19b and 20) and the angel with the sweat like drops of blood (22:43 and 44), both missing from important early witnesses. Luke alone sends Jesus to Herod, has him address the daughters of Jerusalem, and closes with a prayer of trust.

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Commentary

Commentary on Luke 22:14-23:56Commentary on Lk 22:14-23:56 workingpreacher.org

Working Preacher traces Luke's emphasis on Jesus' innocence and mercy across the full Passion sweep.

Luke 22 CommentaryLk 22 Commentary enduringword.com

Covers the plot against Jesus, the Supper, Gethsemane and the arrest in one continuous exposition.

Luke 22 CommentaryLk 22 Commentary preceptaustin.org

Word-study heavy commentary hub for the Supper, Gethsemane and Peter's denial.

Luke 22:14 CommentariesLk 22:14 Commentaries biblehub.com

Classic commentators gathered on Jesus' opening word at the table, the hinge into the whole Passion.

Background & Word Study

Luke 22:19 interlinearLk 22:19 interlinear biblehub.com

Greek interlinear for the words of institution that open the Passion narrative in Luke.

Gospel of Luke overviewGospel of Lk overview bibleproject.com

BibleProject's whole-book video gives the literary shape Luke builds toward across chapters 22-23.

The Church Fathers

Luke 22:19 (Catena)Lk 22:19 (Catena) catenabible.com

Patristic comments gathered on the institution of the Supper itself.

Luke 22:44 (Catena)Lk 22:44 (Catena) catenabible.com

Fathers on the sweat like drops of blood in Gethsemane, the passage's agony at its center.

Sermons & Reflections

Let's Go to Dark Gethsemane 1517.org

A Lutheran meditation on the cup Jesus drinks in the garden so believers drink the cup of grace instead.

From Palms to Passion (Luke 19:28-40 and 22:1-23:56)From Palms to Passion (Lk 19:28-40 and 22:1-23:56) steadfastlutherans.org

A full sermon on exactly this combined text, moving from the crowd's praise to the trials and cross.

Worship & Prayers

The Ceremonies of Passiontide Described gottesdienst.org

Explains the liturgical practice of chanting this long Passion reading in the Divine Service.

Podcast

Luke 22:1-34 (Episode 164)Lk 22:1-34 (Episode 164) 1517.org

Podcast walk through Judas's betrayal, the Supper and the dispute over greatness that opens this text.

Art & Music

The Taking of Christ (Caravaggio) en.wikipedia.org

Caravaggio's painting of the arrest in Gethsemane, the turning point this longer reading carries.

Study Hub

Sermons on Luke 22 by Timothy QuillSermons on Lk 22 by Timothy Quill media.ctsfw.edu

Concordia Theological Seminary's media hub collects seminary-level sermons on this Passion text, including Luke 22:1-46.

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