Luke 22:1

Now the feast of unleavened bread, which is 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 the scribes sought how they might put him to death, for they feared the people.

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Cross References

Leviticus 23:5In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month in the evening, is the LORD’s Passover.

Mark 14:1It was now two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread, and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might seize him by deception and kill him.

John 11:55Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand. Many went up from the country to Jerusalem before the Passover, to 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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