Luke 22:1

Now the feast of unleavened bread was near, which is called the Passover.

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Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover.

In Context

2And the chief priests and the scribes were looking for a chance to put him to death, but they went in fear of the people.

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Cross References

Leviticus 23:5In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at nightfall, is the Lord's Passover;

Mark 14:1It was now two days before the feast of the Passover and the unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes made designs how they might take him by deceit and put him to death:

John 11:55Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and numbers of people went up from the country to Jerusalem to make themselves clean before the Passover.

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 →

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