Bible Strands
Luke 22:1
Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread, called the Passover, was approaching,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator establishes the timeline at the onset of the annual pilgrimage festival, immediately preceding the chief priests and scribes' search for a method to execute Jesus.
The words — Ἤγγιζεν (Ēngizen) means "was drawing near," indicating the imminent arrival of the sacred calendar. λεγομένη (legomenē) translates as "being named," clarifying that the Feast of Unleavened Bread and Passover share a single designation.
The thread — The festival's timing and slaughter requirements align with Exodus 12:6 and Leviticus 23:5, while the approaching Passover mirrors the announcement in Matthew 26:2.
Why it lands — The text fixes the narrative at a non-negotiable religious deadline, requiring the reader to track how the sacred calendar directly frames the political conspiracy unfolding in the following verse.
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The Greek words
King James Version
Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover.
Cross-references
- 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.
- Leviticus 23:5 The Passover to the LORD begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month.
- Matthew 26:2 “You know that the Passover is two days away, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.”
- Mark 14:1 Now the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread were two days away, and the chief priests and scribes were looking for a covert way to arrest Jesus and kill Him.
- John 11:55 Now the Jewish Passover was near, and many people went up from the country to Jerusalem to purify themselves before the Passover.
- Mark 14:12 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?”
- 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.