Thursday: Intense Suffering

Jerusalem was filled with activity.  Devout Jews from all over the “world” had converged on the city to celebrate the most important of three annual festivals on the Jewish calendar, the feast of unleavened bread with its Passover feast.  It was the day of Passover.  The vendors in the markets were busy selling lambs for the evening feast.  Wives and mothers were preparing the slain lamb and baking unleavened bread for the occasion.  Others were seeking out quarters large enough to accommodate...