Luke 22:1
Now the festival of Unleavened Bread, which is called the Passover, was drawing near.
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover.
In Context
2The high priest and the Scribes continually sought means to put him to death.
Cross References
Mark 14:1Now two days later was the feast of the Passover and of Unleavened Bread. Both the chief priests and the Scribes were continually seeking how they might arrest him by a stratagem and kill him;
John 11:55and there remained with his disciples. Now the Jewish Passover was near, and many people went up from the country to Jerusalem for purification before 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 →