When they sacrificed the passover (οτε το πασχα εθυον). Imperfect indicative, customary practice. The paschal lamb (note πασχα) wa…

They killed the passover. The paschal lamb, which was slain in keeping the passover.

Go and prepare. Go and prepa…

And the first day of unleavened bread.—See Notes on Matthew 26:20-25.

When they killed the passover.—Better, when they …

St. John Chrysostom: While Judas was plotting how to betray Him, the rest of the disciples were arranging the preparation of t…

Ordinarily “the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread” would mean the fifteenth of Nisan, the day following Pa over. But the added description…

And the first day of unleavened bread
Being come, which was the fourteenth of Nisan:

Nothing could be less the result of human foresight than the events related here. But our Lord knows all things about us before they come to pass. …