Bible Strands
Luke 22:7
Then came the day of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrative pauses the betrayal plot to mark the arrival of the designated time for the Passover preparations, occurring between Judas’s agreement to betray Jesus and Jesus’s instruction to Peter and John.
The words — ἡμέρα (hēmera) = day; ἀζύμων (azumōn) = of Unleavened. The text literally states that the specific day for the unleavened bread festival arrived.
The thread — This chronological marker aligns with Exodus 12:18 and Exodus 12:6 regarding the Passover slaughter schedule, and parallels the timeline in Mark 14:12.
Why it lands — It requires the reader to track the fulfillment of Mosaic timing as the narrative transitions from conspiracy to the institution of the Passover meal.
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The Greek words
King James Version
Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must be killed.
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.
- 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?”
- 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.
- 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.
- Matthew 26:17 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?”
- Luke 22:1 Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread, called the Passover, was approaching,