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On the first day of unleavened bread, when they sacrificed the Passover, his disciples asked him, "Where do you want us to go and make ready that you may eat the Passover?"
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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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18th Century
Presbyterian
They killed the passover. The paschal lamb, which was slain in keeping the passover.
Go and prepare. Go and prepa…
When they sacrificed the passover (οτε το πασχα εθυον). Imperfect indicative, customary practice. The paschal lamb (note πασχα) wa…
19th Century
Anglican
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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Ordinarily “the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread” would mean the fifteenth of Nisan, the day following Passover. But the added descriptio…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the first day of unleavened bread Being come, which was the fourteenth of Nisan:
when they ki…
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. …
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