Luke 22:1

NOW the feast of unleavened bread was drawing near, which is called the Passover;

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

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 were seeking how they might kill him; for they feared the people.

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Cross References

Mark 14:1TWO days after, 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 put him to death.

John 11:55And the passover of the Jews was at hand; 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 →

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