Holy Week, day by day

All four Gospels slow down when they reach the last week of Jesus' life. A large part of each one is given to just a few days. That alone tells you how much these days mattered to the people who wrote them.

Many Christians call this Holy Week. Churches mark it in different ways. Some hold services every day, some gather on Thursday and Friday, and some focus mainly on Easter Sunday. Some don't follow a church calendar at all. This guide is simply a way to read the story day by day, whatever your church does.

Each day has one reading, a few lines of context and a question. It takes about ten minutes. If you can, read the same day's story in another Gospel too, and notice what each writer chose to include.