Luke 22:1
Now the feast of unleavened bread was coming near, which is called Passover.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover.
In Context
2And the chief priests and the scholars sought how they might kill him, for they feared the people.
Cross References
Leviticus 23:5In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, is LORD's Passover.
Mark 14:1Now after two days was the Passover and the unleavened bread. And the chief priests and the scholars sought how, having take him with trickery, they might kill him,
John 11:55Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went up to Jerusalem out of the countryside before the Passover, so that they might purify themselves.
Matthew Henry on Luke 22:1
All the evangelists, whatever they omit, give us a particular account of the death and resurrection of Christ, because he died for our sins and rose for our justification, this evangelist as fully as any, and with many circumstances and passages added which we had not before. In this chapter we have, I. The plot to take Jesus, and Judas's coming into it, ver. 1-6 . II. Christ's eating the passover with his disciples, ver. 7-18 . III. The instituting of the Lord's supper, ver. 19, 20 . IV. Christ's discourse with… Read the whole commentary →