Luke 22:1

And the Celebration of the Unleavened [Bread] was coming near, that is called Passover,

Literal Standard Version

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 may take Him up, for they were afraid of the people.

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Cross References

Leviticus 23:5in the first month, on the fourteenth of the month, between the evenings, [is] the Passover to YHWH;

Mark 14:1And the Passover and the Unleavened [Bread] were after two days, and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how, by guile, having taken hold of Him, they might kill Him;

John 11:55And 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 →

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