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The next day, when they had come out from Bethany, he was hungry.
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The Start of Monday
Commentators agree that this event takes place on Monday morning, the day after the Triumphal Entry. Jesus and his disciples are traveling from Bethany, where they spent the night, back into Jerusalem. This detail firmly places the following events within the timeline of what Christians now call Holy Week.
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19th Century
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And on the morrow The next day early in the morning,
when they had come from Bethany
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