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Clarifying the Timeline
Commentators clarify that while "the first day of unleavened bread" typically meant Nisan 15, Mark's phrase "when they sacrificed the passover" specifies this day as Nisan 14 (Thursday). The entire eight-day celebration was often called the Feast of Unleavened Bread, and scholars note Mark was likely explaining the custom for his non-Jewish readers.
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Albert Barnes
On Mark 14:12–13
18th Century
Theologian
They killed the passover. The paschal lamb, which was slain in keeping the passover.
Go and prepare. Go and prepa…
AT Robertson
On Mark 14:12
When they sacrificed the passover (οτε το πασχα εθυον). Imperfect indicative, customary practice. The paschal lamb (note πασχα) wa…
Charles Ellicott
On Mark 14:12
19th Century
Bishop
And the first day of unleavened bread.—See Notes on Matthew 26:20-25.
When they killed the passover.—Better, when they …
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Mark 14:12
Ordinarily “the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread” would mean the fifteenth of Nisan, the day following Passover. But the added descriptio…
John Gill
On Mark 14:12
17th Century
Pastor
And the first day of unleavened bread
Being come, which was the fourteenth of Nisan:
when they ki…
Matthew Henry
On Mark 14:12–21
17th Century
Minister
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. …