Luke 22:7

5 They were delighted and agreed to give him money.

6 Judas consented, and began to look for an opportunity to betray Jesus to them in the absence of a crowd.

Then came the day of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed.

8 Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and prepare for us to eat the Passover.”

9 “Where do You want us to prepare it?” they asked.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
Then came the day of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed.
KJV
Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must be killed.
WEB
The day of unleavened bread came, on which the Passover must be sacrificed.
ASV
And the day of unleavened bread came, on which the passover must be sacrificed.
DARBY
And the day of unleavened bread came, in which the passover was to be killed.
BLB
And the day of the Unleavened came, on which it was necessary for the Passover to be sacrificed.
ÅB
Så kom de usyrede brøds dag, da påskelammet skulle slaktes.
OTB
Så kom dagen for de usyrede brød, da påskelammet måtte ofres.
B1930
Så kom de usyrede brøds dag, da påskelammet skulde slaktes.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Exodus 12:18

    In the first month you are to eat unleavened bread, from the evening of the fourteenth day until the evening of the twenty-first day.

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  • Mark 14:12–16

    On 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?”

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  • Exodus 12:6

    You 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.

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  • 1 Corinthians 5:7

    Get rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.

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  • Luke 22:1

    Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread, called the Passover, was approaching,

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  • Matthew 26:17–19

    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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