Luke 22:1
Now the feast of unleavened bread, which is called the passover, was at hand.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
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 scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people.
Cross References
Mark 14:1After two days was the passover and the feast of unleavened bread; and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and kill him.
John 11:55And the passover of the Jews was near; and many went up from the country to Jerusalem, before the passover, to 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 →