Luke 22:1
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread, called the Passover, was approaching,”
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BSBPD
“Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread, called the Passover, was approaching,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“And the feast of the unleavened food was coming nigh, that is called Passover,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Luke 22:1 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 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.
- Leviticus 23:5The 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 14:1Now 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.
- Mark 14:12On 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?”
- John 11:55Now the Jewish Passover was near, and many people went up from the country to Jerusalem to purify themselves before the Passover.
- 1 Corinthians 5:7Get 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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