Palm Sunday setting with Mount of Olives

This video can help you set the stage for the events of Palm Sunday, and even the days that followed during the last week of Jesus' life. Jesus left Bethany, came down the Mount of Olives on a donkey, and entered Jerusalem. Depending on which version of the story you're using, Jesus either immediately begin turning over tables on the Temple Mount, or he returned for these radical actions on Monday. You can clearly see the Temple Mount in this clip. Today, the gold-covered Dome of the Rock catches the eye. That building wasn't constructed for another 600 years, and it wasn't covered with gold until the 20th century. The animation from bible-scenes.com will help you communicate what Jesus saw.

For more context and ideas of how to use this footage, watch Day 33 from our Gospel of Mark reading plan on the YouVersion Bible app.