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Luke 22:7

Luke 22:7
Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must be killed.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Then came the day of unleavened bread,.... The first of them, the fourteenth day of the month Nisan:

when the passover must be killed; that is, the passover lamb, as the Persic version renders it;…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

The passover - Πασχα, Luk 22:1, is the name of the festival; το πασχα here is supposed to be the name of that on which they feasted, viz. the sacrificed paschal lamb. But see the notes on Matthew 26…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Luke 22:7-20

What a hopeful prospect had we of Christ's doing a great deal of good by his preaching in the temple during the feast of unleavened bread, which continued seven days, when the people were every…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

- 13. Preparation for the Passover.

7. Then came the day of unleavened bread All leaven was most carefully and scrupulously put away on the afternoon of Thursday, Nisan 13.

when the passover must be…

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