DAY FOUR:  WEDNESDAY

Jesus Anointed With Perfume

On the Wednesday of Holy Week, Jesus was once again at the temple, this time engaging in debates with religious leaders—or more specifically, calling them out for their hypocrisy. He regularly pointed out how some of these priests were great at reciting laws and rituals, but not so great at loving their neighbors. 

This Wednesday is also known as Spy Wednesday. According to the gospel writers, this was the day Judas Iscariot, one of Jesus’s disciples, went to religious leaders and basically agreed for 30 pieces of silver to make it easy for them to capture Jesus. This betrayal set the wheels in motion for what was going to happen over the weekend.
That night, when Jesus went back to the town of Bethany for the evening, he tried to set his friends up for what was about to happen: He was getting ready to die.