Luke 22:1
Now the feast of unleavened bread, which [is] called the passover, drew nigh,
Darby Translation
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
Leviticus 23:5In the first month, on the fourteenth of the month, between the two evenings, is the passover to Jehovah.
Mark 14:1Now the passover and the [feast of] unleavened bread was after two days. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how they might seize him by subtlety and kill him.
John 11:55But the passover of the Jews was near, and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the passover, 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 →