James 2

Definition

The judgment scene emphasizes works of love because they demonstrate true, non-hypocritical faith.

Matthew 26:17 — *Now on the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus and said, “Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?” *
Mark 14:12 — *Now on the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb is sacrificed, Jesus’ disciples said to him, “Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?” *
Luke 22:7 — *Then the day for the feast of Unleavened Bread came, on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed. *
John 13:1 — *Just before the Passover Feast, Jesus knew that his time had come to depart from this world to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he now loved them to the very end. *
John 18:28 — Then they brought Jesus from Caiaphas to the Roman governor’s residence. (Now it was very early morning.) They did not go into the governor’s residence so they would not be ceremonially defiled, but could eat the Passove
John 19:31 — Then because it was the day of preparation, so that the bodies should not stay on the crosses on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was an especially important one), the Jewish leaders asked Pilate to have the victims’ legs b