Commentaries:
People's Commentary (NT)
Matthew 26:17
The first [day] of the [feast of] unleavened bread. Strictly
speaking, the 15th of Nisan (part of our March and April), after the
paschal lamb was killed, but here the 14th day (Thursday). See
Exodus 12:16. This suggests one of the most difficult questions of
Scripture chronology, whether the Lord at the passover one day before
the regular Jewish passover, or at the usual time. Pressense, Milman
Ellicott, Townsend, Alford, Neander, Farrar, and many other great
authorities, hold that he ate it the day preceding, and died on the day
and about the time the Jewish passover lambs were slain. The statements
of John, that the supper was eaten, the Lord betrayed and condemned
before the passover, seem positive (John 19:14).
Where wilt thou that we prepare . . . the passover? The passover
must be eaten in the place where the Lord's name was recorded, or where
the tabernacle or temple was located, according to the directions given
in Deuteronomy 16:1-15.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Matthew 26:17
Mark 14:12-16
Luke 22:9-13
John 13:30
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