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  1. Étude 1 : Pierre reconnait Jésus comme le Messie
  2. Étude 2 : Annonce de la destruction de Jérusalem

From the 3rd Passover to the start of the final week

  • PER176 Peter recognizes Jesus as the Messiah

    Pericope 176 recounts Peter's confession that Jesus is the Messiah, reported only by John (6.62-71). After a mass departure of disciples, Jesus asks the Twelve about their commitment. Peter responds with a remarkable proclamation of faith. The article explores the tension between divine sovereignty and human freedom, and concludes with the mention of Judas Iscariot, a reminder that nothing escapes God's gaze.

    John 6.68-69 (King James Version) :
    Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God.
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The last week before the arrest

  • PER283 Announcement of the Destruction of Jerusalem

    In Luke 19.41-44, Jesus approaches Jerusalem, weeps over the city and foretells with precision its future destruction by the Romans in AD 70. Only Luke reports this episode in this form. Jesus laments that Jerusalem did not recognize its divine visitation. This passage reveals both the compassion of the Messiah and the gravity of rejecting divine revelation, and it belongs to the last week before his arrest.

    John 13.1 (King James Version) :
    Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.
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Further reading
  • ANN032 Judas Iscariot, one of the 12

    Judas l'Iscariote, célèbre pour sa trahison, est examiné dans cet article qui explore sa sélection comme l'un des douze apôtres et les implications théologiques…