Holy Week: What Happened on Wednesday?

Wednesday in Holy Week is silent.

Although Holy Week contains arguably the most important seven days in the history of mankind... although we know much of the history of Jesus' words and actions throughout this week... Wedneday is silent. Whatever happened on this day is not revealed to us. The holy writers have drawn the veil.

Perhaps it was a day spent in quiet contemplation of Scripture... perhaps there were quiet hours spent in prayer. Pastor Weedon writes (1): "the heart of that mad, crowded Holy Week was quiet... Tomorrow the soldiers would come, and Friday there would be God's great signature in the sky... Thursday and Friday would belong to time and eternity, but Wednesday was of heaven alone." In any case, Holy Scripture is silent- as this Wednesday is silent.

This day, to prepare ourselves for adoration of Christ's Passion, Death, and Resurrection, let us also take time for prayer... time for quiet contemplation of our own selves using God's Ten commandments (Exodus 20:1-17)... time to lift the veil on our hearts and see the bitter evil which resides within us... within every single one of us (Rom. 3:10-31), and understand anew how desperate our plight would be apart from Christ.

The Passover of Christ is set to begin... as Christ's passes into death, and from death to life. Hosanna in the highest! Thanks be to God.

1. This quote is perhaps from something called "The Pilgrim" pp.27-28. Pastor Weedon references it at the bottom of his blog post, but I'm unsure whether it includes these words or not.