Luke 22:1

Now the Festival of Unleavened Bread, also called the Passover, was approaching.

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

In Context

2The chief priests and religious teachers were looking for a way to kill Jesus, but were afraid of what the people would do.

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Cross References

Leviticus 23:5The Lord's Passover starts on the evening of the fourteenth day of the first month.

Mark 14:1It was now two days before Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. The chief priests and the religious leaders were trying to find a surreptitious way to arrest Jesus and have him killed.

John 11:55It was nearly time for the Jewish Passover, and many people went from the countryside to Jerusalem to purify themselves for 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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