What Is Palm Sunday? 5 Facts to Know About the Start of Holy Week
5. Palm Sunday is the beginning of the "Passion Week," also known as the Holy Week.
The term "passion" refers to the suffering and death of Jesus, accounts of which can be found in Chapters 21–27 in Matthew; Chapters 11–15 in Mark; chapters 19-23 in Luke; and chapters 12–19 in John.
Some highly significant events occurred during this week, including the Last Supper, the prayer in the garden of Gethsemane, the betrayal by Judas, and the arrest of Jesus.
The Rev. Billy Graham, who died in February, once asked this: "Where would you have been during Jesus' final days? Would you have been in the crowd demanding His death —or would you have been among the minority who remained true to Him? And are you true to Him today?"
