by Andy Roland | Apr 14, 2024 | Bible, Easter, Holy Week, Jesus
WHERE DOES JOHN FIT IN? THE STORY SO FAR Two months ago I wrote ‘What did he actually do?’ There I traced the events of Jesus’ last week on earth, using principally the Gospel of Mark. See ‘Jesus the Troublemaker’ on revandybooks.org and...
by Andy Roland | Mar 17, 2024 | Bible, Holy Week, Jesus
WHAT DID HE ACTUALLY THINK? Jesus in Holy Week INTRODUCTION: STRESS & FEAR The Gospel of Mark starts his account of Holy Week several days before, with Jesus striding ahead of his disciples along the Jordan valley on his way to Jerusalem. They were on the road,...
by Andy Roland | Feb 15, 2024 | Bible, Holy Week, Jesus, Lent
WHAT DID HE ACTUALLY DO? Thoughts on Holy Week – 1 LENT IS COMING! Easter is early this year (March 31st). So Ash Wednesday, marking the start of Lent is equally early. So here is a reminder of what I believe was the real story of Holy Week. It...
by Andy Roland | Apr 5, 2023 | Bible, Holy Week, Jesus
A BIG QUESTION To people in the ancient world, Jesus died simply because he was a troublemaker and a bad Jew (a glutton and a drunkard – Luke 7.34). For Jews his death was a stumbling block to any attempt to take him seriously; to Gentiles his death was...
by Andy Roland | Feb 21, 2022 | Bible, Holy Week, Jesus
INTRODUCTION On September 24th 2020 I started writing my historical novel ‘Jesus the Troublemaker’ and published it a year ago. It did not make my fortune! However, I learnt more about Jesus during Holy Week through writing a fictional account than I had...
by Andy Roland | Mar 6, 2021 | Bible, Holy Week, Jesus
Between now and Easter (4th April) I will be writing a series of weekly blogs on Jesus’ last eight days as he travels from Jericho, to the Temple in Jerusalem, through his confrontations with the authorities and his arrest and death, up to the resurrection. It...
