For example, Puskas and Robbins (2011) commence the Passion after Jesus' arrest and before his resurrection, thus only including the trials, crucifixion and death of Jesus. Scholars do not agree on which events surrounding the death of Jesus should be considered part of the 'Passion narrative', and which ones merely precede and succeed the actual Passion narrative itself.

The Gospel of John account varies significantly.

Three of these, Matthew, Mark, and Luke, known as the Synoptic Gospels, give similar accounts. Narratives according to the four canonical Gospels Īccounts of the Passion are found in the four canonical gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. The word passion has taken on a more general application and now may also apply to accounts of the suffering and death of Christian martyrs, sometimes using the Latin form passio. In some Christian communities, commemoration of the Passion also includes remembrance of the sorrow of Mary, the mother of Jesus, on the Friday of Sorrows. Those parts of the four canonical Gospels that describe these events are known as the 'Passion narratives'. In Christianity, the Passion (from the Latin verb patior, passus sum 'to suffer, bear, endure', from which also 'patience, patient', etc.) is the short final period in the life of Jesus Christ.ĭepending on one's views, the 'Passion' may include, among other events, Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem, his cleansing of the Temple, his anointing, the Last Supper, Jesus' agony in the Garden, his arrest, his Sanhedrin trial, his trial before Pontius Pilate, his crucifixion and his death on Good Friday, his burial, and the resurrection of Jesus.

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