Kids Explain Holy Week Palm Sunday to Easter

Clippity-clop! Clippity-clop! Jesus was so mad. What did you do? So many important things happened during Holy Week. What? I asked some of my friends to help me tell the story. That's amazing! Let's go! Juice box! Holy Week starts with Passover Sunday. That's the day we get psalms at church. Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. Jesus was a really big deal. Jesus told two of his apostles to go to the next village and get a donkey that no one had ridden on. Excuse me, they're stealing my donkey! They told the owner. The master has need of it. Oh, okay, I guess. Then Jesus rode the donkey into Jerusalem. Clippity-clop! Clippity-clop! Clippity-clop! Yee-haw! They were throwing lots of psalms. It was like a red carpet, but it was green. It had palms. They were all saying, Hosanna! Hosanna! Hi, Jesus! She's over here! Everyone was like, Who is this guy? The chief priest didn't believe that Jesus was God. Why is he so important? We're more important than him. Then Jesus went to the temple and saw people selling stuff. They were selling toys and animals, chickens, doves, horses, rhinos, cows. Jesus was so mad. A hundred and thousand mad. He flipped a bunch of tables and made a big mess. Get out of here! This is my father's house. What are you doing? You can't sell stuff here. Get out of here! Jesus stayed in Jerusalem and taught the people there. He taught them all types of lessons. Jesus is a great teacher. Now it's Spy Wednesday. Wednesday took a twist. Because there was a spy. A bad one. Judas. Judas went to the priest and he told them where Jesus was. And he paid him silver. That was a really bad thing. That's fine scripture. Now the next day, it was the last supper. They were eating dinner. Bread, wine, chicken, hamburgers, donuts. They were having dinner and Jesus said something crazy. What? Jesus told the apostles that one would betray them. All the apostles were really worried. Who is it? Is it me? Is it you? But Jesus and Judas knew who it was. After their dinner, Jesus took the bread. Take this, all of you, and eat it. For this is my body. Will shall be given up for you. And then he took the chalice. This is my blood. The disciples were pretty confused. Then Judas and Peter were talking. Jesus told Peter that he would betray him. And Peter said, No way. Jesus, you're my best friend. But he didn't do it. Jesus went to pray in the garden. He prayed and prayed and prayed. Jesus was sweating blood. That means Jesus was praying really hard. God, I know it's going to be terrible. Do I have to do it? But if I have to, then I have to. The apostles were super sleepy. Shh, shh, shh, shh. Shh. Jesus woke them up. Can't you stay awake for one hour? Then things took a turn. Did the dogs sting? They arrested Jesus. Come on, Jesus, you're arrested. Peter, Jesus. You're going to jail. Jesus didn't even do anything wrong. Peter was so upset, he took his sword and Achoo! Peter was so mad, he cut a man's ear off. Out of my ear. Jesus said, Peter, calm down. But Jesus put the ear back on. Ew. That's super nice. Even for your enemy. They took Jesus away. They were really mean to Jesus. They took Jesus to the big dog priests, and they were asking him all types of questions. While they were doing that, Peter was standing outside. Aren't you one of Jesus' apostles? Peter wasn't that brave. I don't know that guy. Peter was lying. I have to do it too. That was only Thursday. Friday was the worst. Jesus went to Pilate. Pilate wasn't like an airplane pilot. Pilate was a very powerful guy. He could order people around. Make me a sandwich. Clean my bathroom. Bath wasn't being nice. Pilate turned to the people and said, Do you want this bad guy, Rabbis, or this good guy, Jesus? They chose Rabbis. Ha ha ha. I don't think Pilate was expecting that. Pilate cared too much about what other people fought To make them feel better, he had Jesus scourged. Jesus got hit a lot. Pfft. Pfft. Pfft. Ow. Ow. Ow. But that wasn't enough for the people. The crowd started shouting, Crucify him. Crucify him. Soldiers took Jesus away. They dressed him up like a king and made fun of him. They put a crown of thorns on him. They put a big heavy cross on him. Oh, it's so heavy. It was a million pounds. Jesus was so tired and he fell three times. A man named Simon came to help him. Do I have to help him? Okay, I'll help him. They took him to a place called the skull. Then they nailed Jesus to the cross on his hands and feet. Poof. Poof. Poof. Pow. Pow. Pow. Jesus was there on the cross thinking about us. John was the only friend there for him. Then he saw his mom. Mom's name is Mary. She's your mom now. John took care of Mary. I'm thirsty. They gave him this icky stuff to drink. Blech. Jesus said, It is finished. And then Jesus died. People were sad. Blech. They took Jesus down from the cross and they put him in a tomb and rolled over a rock. The rock was so heavy. This is the story of a star. His friends went to go find him. You won't believe what I just heard from Mary Magdalene. Let's race to the tomb. But he wasn't there. They saw an angel. Ah. Jesus came back to life. He was alive. Jesus loves me. He died for you. That's amazing. Wow, I think we did a pretty good job of remembering Holy Week. Thanks so much for watching, Juice Boxers. If you want to keep learning about Jesus with us, ask a grown-up to subscribe to Juice Box. See you next time. Juice Box.