Matthew 26:17
15 and asked, “What are you willing to give me if I hand Him over to you?” And they set out for him thirty pieces of silver.
16 So from then on Judas looked for an opportunity to betray Jesus.
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?”
18 He answered, “Go into the city to a certain man and tell him that the Teacher says, ‘My time is near. I will keep the Passover with My disciples at your house.’”
19 So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them and prepared the Passover.
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
- 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?”
- 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?
- 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?”
- ASV
- Now on the first [day] of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying, Where wilt thou that we make ready for thee to eat the passover?
- DARBY
- Now on the first [day] of [the feast of] unleavened bread, the disciples came to Jesus, saying, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the passover?
- BLB
- And on the first of the Unleavened, the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Where do You desire [that] we should prepare for You to eat the Passover?”
- ÅB
- Men på den første dagen av de usyrede brøds høytid gikk disiplene til Jesus og sa til ham: «Hvor vil du vi skal gjøre i stand for deg til å spise påskelammet?»
- OTB
- På den første dagen av de usyrede brøds høytid kom disiplene til Jesus og spurte, “Hvor vil du at vi skal forberede for deg å spise påskemåltidet?”
- B1930
- Men på den første dag av de usyrede brøds høitid gikk disiplene til Jesus og sa til ham: Hvor vil du vi skal gjøre i stand for dig til å ete påskelammet?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 22:7–13
Then came the day of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed.
Read in contextExodus 12:18–20
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.
Read in contextMark 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?”
Read in contextExodus 13:6–8
For seven days you are to eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a feast to the LORD.
Read in contextExodus 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.
Read in contextNumbers 28:16–17
The fourteenth day of the first month is the LORD’s Passover.
Read in contextMatthew 17:24–25
After they had arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma tax came to Peter and asked, “Does your Teacher pay the two drachmas?”
Read in contextLeviticus 23:5–6
The Passover to the LORD begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month.
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