2. What Did The Apostles Think?
and what can we learn from them?
What Did The Apostles Think?

3. What were they thinking?
About Jesus’ sudden solitude
On Friday, Jesus went to Bethany for supper
On Sunday, He entered Jerusalem like a king
His disciples did not understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written about him and had been done to him (John 12:16 ESV)

4. What were they thinking?
About Jesus’ sudden solitude
On Friday, Jesus went to Bethany for supper
On Sunday, He entered Jerusalem like a king
On Monday, He seemed to wield influence
Now among those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks. So these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” Philip went and told Andrew; Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus. And Jesus answered them, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. (John 12:20-23 ESV)

5. What were they thinking?
About Jesus’ sudden solitude
On Friday, Jesus went to Bethany for supper
On Sunday, He entered Jerusalem like a king
On Monday, He seemed to wield influence
…When Jesus had said these things, he departed and hid himself from them. Though he had done so many signs before them, they still did not believe in him, (John 12:36-37 ESV)

6. What were they thinking?
About Jesus’ sudden solitude
On Friday, Jesus went to Bethany for supper
On Sunday, He entered Jerusalem like a king
On Monday, He seemed to wield influence
On Tuesday/Wednesday, Things got busy
Then one of the twelve, whose name was Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said, “What will you give me if I deliver him over to you?” And they paid him thirty pieces of silver. And from that moment he sought an opportunity to betray him. (Matthew 26:14-16 ESV)

7. What were they thinking?
About Jesus’ sudden solitude
On Friday, Jesus went to Bethany for supper
On Sunday, He entered Jerusalem like a king
On Monday, He seemed to wield influence
On Tuesday/Wednesday, Things got busy
On Thursday, It was time to prepare…

8. A busy evening Jn. 13:7- Jesus washed the disciples feet…
1 Cor. 11: He instituted THE Supper
Jn. 14:1- Disciples were troubled, not understanding

9. What were they thinking?
About Jesus’ sudden solitude
On Friday, Jesus went to Bethany for supper
On Sunday, He entered Jerusalem like a king
On Monday, He seemed to wield influence
On Tuesday/Wednesday, Things got busy
On Thursday, It was time to prepare…
On Friday, He was arrested

10. What were they thinking?
6 mock trials with false witnesses and Pilate’s declaration of innocence 3 times
About 6am, given to the Roman soldiers
About 9am, He was nailed, lifted up
About 12pm, darkness for 3 hours
“Truly, this was the Son of God”

11. What were they thinking?
But when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they would not believe it. (Mark 16:11 ESV) Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed; for as yet they did not understand the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead. (John 20:8-9 ESV)

12. Maybe we can learn from them…
We may not have the big picture
We’re not appreciating the sacrifice, or the kingdom
We forget Satan is secretly working
We’re not serious about serious matters
When we’re ready to give up is when Jesus does his greatest work

13. Shall we learn to see God’s agenda?
And trust His word?
Be alert for Satan?
And give Jesus room to work?