WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED IN HOLY WEEK? A SCRIPT ACCORDING TO CRITICAL HISTORIANS
Beforehand
 Jesus came from a small village (Nazareth) in rural Galilee. As an adult, he used Capernaum as his home-base. For at least a year he had gone around the countryside and the lakeside, reaching out to common people, including in a special way the impoverished and outcasts, the unpopular and the downtrodden of his time. He had a following, probably a hundred or two at most at any given time. He was a something of a phenomenon in the limited area of Galilee. He was seen as a popular prophet. Popular prophets tend to make ruling authorities nervous – sound government requires crowd control. John the Baptist is a good example. In Galilee, Antipas did not like him and wanted to get rid of him. Jesus was seen to be something like him. Jesus knew this… He went to Jerusalem, from Galilee, to get away from potential trouble with Antipas.
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