Thousands at Passover and Easter in Jerusalem

Contemporary Christian Travel by Ruth Hill 19/4/2011 NORTHERN VIRGINIA, April 19, 2011 – Jewish Passover and Christian Holy Week are in motion this week in Jerusalem, and the Israel Ministry of Tourism has said it expects a quarter million visitors for the timeless iconic events observed in the Old City. Because Jesus was a Jew, his Last Supper was a Passover meal, an event at which Jews have retold God’s delivery of them from Egyptian slavery into the Promised Land. So it’s no surprise Holy Week – the commemoration of events leading to the Crucifixion of Jesus and His resurrection on Easter Sunday – coincides with Jewish Passover