After his entry to Jerusalem like the king of the Jews Jesus visited the temple where he displayed his prophetic position and rebuked those who worshiped greed instead of God. After that brief visit he went to Bethany for the night. Surely it was a bitter-sweet day for him. I wonder if he spent time in Gethsemane that night? Though the greatest focus of his struggles is on the night that he was betrayed he surely knew this was the week on Sunday. If he spent three hours praying on Thursday would he have spent more or less time in prayer each night before? Would he have gone alone each night, or would he have taken all of his followers to join him? I wonder if he longed for the prayer time more than the time with the people each day?
It took me about 20 minutes to read this; with a 15 minute interruption in the middle.
Stuart
"Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer." Paul of Tarsus
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