On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?”
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- WEB Now on the first day of unleavened bread, the disciples came to Jesus, saying to him, “Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?”
- KJV Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the passover?
- NKJV Now on the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying to Him, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?”
- NASB Now on the first day of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?”
- NLT On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do you want us to prepare the Passover meal for you?”
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The disciples ask Jesus where to prepare the Passover meal. The scene moves toward Jesus's final supper with them.
Overview
On the first day of Unleavened Bread, the disciples seek direction for the Passover, the feast commemorating Israel's exodus deliverance. Their question sets up the Last Supper, where Jesus will give this ancient meal new meaning centered on Himself. The true and greater deliverance is about to be accomplished through His death.
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- Luke 22:7–13Then came the day of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed.
- Mark 14:12–16On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed, Jesus’ disciples asked Him, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?”
- Exod 12:18–20In the first month you are to eat unleavened bread, from the evening of the fourteenth day until the evening of the twenty-first day.
- Exod 13:6–8For seven days you are to eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a feast to the LORD.
- Exod 12:6You must keep it until the fourteenth day of the month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel will slaughter the animals at twilight.
- Matt 17:24–25After they had arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma tax came to Peter and asked, “Does your Teacher pay the two drachmas?”
- Num 28:16–17The fourteenth day of the first month is the LORD’s Passover.
- Matt 26:19So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them and prepared the Passover.
- Lev 23:5–6The Passover to the LORD begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month.
- Deut 16:1–4Observe the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover to the LORD your God, because in the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night.
- Matt 3:15“Let it be so now,” Jesus replied. “It is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness in this way.” Then John permitted Him.
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