Knowing Him Daily

03.April.2026

You may have noticed I’ve been calling this Passion Week rather than Holy Week. That was not accidental.

The word passion comes from the Latin passio, which simply means suffering. It is the same root we see in words like compassion, or to suffer with. When the early church chose this word to describe the days leading to the cross, they were not being poetic, they were being precise. What Jesus walked through was not ceremonial, it was not symbolic. It was suffering, chosen, deliberate, and deeply personal.

Holy Week is not an incorrect term, but Passion Week puts you right in the middle giving you an idea of what it actually cost.

Isaiah saw it coming hundreds of years before it happened. He was despised and rejected by men, a Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. Isaiah 53:3. But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.Isaiah 53:5. That is not the language of ceremony, but of suffering.

And then Friday came.

Luke 23:44-46 tells us that darkness covered the land for three hours. The curtain in the temple tore from top to bottom. And Jesus, in His final breath, said “Father, into Your hands I commit My spirit.” Even at the end, surrender. Even at the end, trust.

This is why I choose the word passion. Because what happened on this day deserves more than a calendar entry. It deserves the full weight of what it was.

He suffered for you, on purpose.

If you’ve never watch the movie, The Passion of the Christ available on numerous platforms, you might consider watching it. 

Make today count and see you tomorrow.