Luke 22:1

And the feast of unleavened cakes, which is called the passover, drew near.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 Scribes sought how they might kill him, for they were afraid of the people.

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Cross References

Mark 14:1And after two days, was the passover of unleavened cakes. And the chief priests and the Scribes sought how they might take him by stratagem, and kill him.

John 11:55And the passover of the Jews drew near: and many went up from the villages to Jerusalem, before the feast, 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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