03 Christ's Passion April-Day

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Passion (from Late Latin passio -onis derived from passus, past participle pati 'suffer' 1) is the Christian theological term used to describe the events and suffering - physical, spiritual and mental - of Jesus in the hours before his trial and its execution. This event, the crucifixion of Jesus, is a central event to Christian beliefs.

The etymological origins of the word are in the Greek verb πάσχω ("suffer") 2 found in passages like Matthew 17:12 (and parallel passages in Mark and Luke - see Transfiguration of Jesus), and Acts 1: 3. The Latin term passio3 is used to refer to the mortal suffering of Christ in the Vulgate. The term appears again in the second century in Christian texts to accurately describe the pain and suffering of Jesus in this context. The term "passion", which originated from the Latin passio, eventually evolved to indicate another meaning, more comprehensive.

The term "Agony of Jesus" is used more specifically to refer to the Agony in the Garden, the action (Greek: agon) Jesus prayed before his arrest in the Garden of Gethsemane; similarly the "passion", the word "agony" turned out to evolve and indicate a certain mood.

The excerpts of the four Gospels that describe these events are known as the "Passion narratives". The "Gospel of Peter," apocryphal, is also one of the Passion narrative. In the liturgical calendar Passion is celebrated in Holy Week, which begins on Palm Sunday and ends on Holy Saturday.