Luke 22:1
New International Version
Now the Festival of Unleavened Bread, called the Passover, was approaching,

New Living Translation
The Festival of Unleavened Bread, which is also called Passover, was approaching.

English Standard Version
Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread drew near, which is called the Passover.

Berean Standard Bible
Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread, called the Passover, was approaching,

Berean Literal Bible
And the Feast of Unleavened Bread, called Passover, was drawing near.

King James Bible
Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover.

New King James Version
Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread drew near, which is called Passover.

New American Standard Bible
Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread, which is called the Passover, was approaching.

NASB 1995
Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread, which is called the Passover, was approaching.

NASB 1977
Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread, which is called the Passover, was approaching.

Legacy Standard Bible
Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread, which is called the Passover, was drawing near.

Amplified Bible
Now the Festival of Unleavened Bread, which is called the Passover, was approaching.

Christian Standard Bible
The Festival of Unleavened Bread, which is called Passover, was approaching.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The Festival of Unleavened Bread, which is called Passover, was drawing near.

American Standard Version
Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover.

Contemporary English Version
The Festival of Thin Bread, also called Passover, was near.

English Revised Version
Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The Festival of Unleavened Bread, called Passover, was near.

Good News Translation
The time was near for the Festival of Unleavened Bread, which is called the Passover.

International Standard Version
Now the Festival of Unleavened Bread, which is called the Passover, was near.

Majority Standard Bible
Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread, called the Passover, was approaching,

NET Bible
Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread, which is called the Passover, was approaching.

New Heart English Bible
Now the feast of unleavened bread, which is called the Passover, drew near.

Webster's Bible Translation
Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover.

Weymouth New Testament
Meanwhile the Festival of the Unleavened Bread, called the Passover, was approaching,

World English Bible
Now the feast of unleavened bread, which is called the Passover, was approaching.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And the Celebration of the Unleavened [Bread] was coming near, that is called Passover,

Berean Literal Bible
And the Feast of Unleavened Bread, called Passover, was drawing near.

Young's Literal Translation
And the feast of the unleavened food was coming nigh, that is called Passover,

Smith's Literal Translation
And the festival of unleavened drew near, called the Pascha.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
NOW the feast of unleavened bread, which is called the pasch, was at hand.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Now the days of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, which is called Passover, were approaching.

New American Bible
Now the feast of Unleavened Bread, called the Passover, was drawing near,

New Revised Standard Version
Now the festival of Unleavened Bread, which is called the Passover, was near.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
NOW the feast of unleavened bread, which is called the passover, was at hand.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Now The Feast of Unleavened Bread was nearing, which is called Passover.
NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
Now the feast of unleavened bread, which is called the passover, was at hand.

Godbey New Testament
And the feast of the unleavened bread, called the passover, was nigh.

Haweis New Testament
AND the feast of unleavened bread, which is called the Passover, was at hand.

Mace New Testament
Now the feast of unleaven'd bread, which is call'd the passover,

Weymouth New Testament
Meanwhile the Festival of the Unleavened Bread, called the Passover, was approaching,

Worrell New Testament
Now the feast of unleavened bread, which is called the Passover, was drawing near;

Worsley New Testament
Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the passover.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Plot to Kill Jesus
1Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread, called the Passover, was approaching, 2and the chief priests and scribes were looking for a way to put Jesus to death; for they feared the people.…

Cross References
Matthew 26:2-5
“You know that the Passover is two days away, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.” / At that time the chief priests and elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas, / and they conspired to arrest Jesus covertly and kill Him. ...

Mark 14:1-2
Now the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread were two days away, and the chief priests and scribes were looking for a covert way to arrest Jesus and kill Him. / “But not during the feast,” they said, “or there may be a riot among the people.”

Exodus 12:1-14
Now the LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, / “This month is the beginning of months for you; it shall be the first month of your year. / Tell the whole congregation of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man must select a lamb for his family, one per household. ...

Leviticus 23:4-8
These are the LORD’s appointed feasts, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times. / The Passover to the LORD begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month. / On the fifteenth day of the same month begins the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the LORD. For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. ...

John 11:55-57
Now the Jewish Passover was near, and many people went up from the country to Jerusalem to purify themselves before the Passover. / They kept looking for Jesus and asking one another as they stood in the temple courts, “What do you think? Will He come to the feast at all?” / But the chief priests and Pharisees had given orders that anyone who knew where He was must report it, so that they could arrest Him.

John 12:1
Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, the hometown of Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.

Deuteronomy 16:1-8
Observe the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover to the LORD your God, because in the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night. / You are to offer to the LORD your God the Passover sacrifice from the herd or flock in the place the LORD will choose as a dwelling for His Name. / You must not eat leavened bread with it; for seven days you are to eat with it unleavened bread, the bread of affliction, because you left the land of Egypt in haste—so that you may remember for the rest of your life the day you left the land of Egypt. ...

1 Corinthians 5:7-8
Get rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. / Therefore let us keep the feast, not with the old bread, leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and of truth.

Numbers 9:1-14
In the first month of the second year after Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, the LORD spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai: / “The Israelites are to observe the Passover at its appointed time. / You are to observe it at the appointed time, at twilight on the fourteenth day of this month, in accordance with its statutes and ordinances.” ...

2 Chronicles 30:1-27
Then Hezekiah sent word throughout all Israel and Judah, and he also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh inviting them to come to the house of the LORD in Jerusalem to keep the Passover of the LORD, the God of Israel. / For the king and his officials and the whole assembly in Jerusalem had decided to keep the Passover in the second month, / since they had been unable to keep it at the regular time, because not enough priests had consecrated themselves and the people had not been gathered in Jerusalem. ...

John 13:1
It was now just before the Passover Feast, and Jesus knew that His hour had come to leave this world and return to the Father. Having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the very end.

Matthew 26:17-19
On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?” / He answered, “Go into the city to a certain man and tell him that the Teacher says, ‘My time is near. I will keep the Passover with My disciples at your house.’” / So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them and prepared the Passover.

Mark 14:12-16
On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed, Jesus’ disciples asked Him, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?” / So He sent two of His disciples and told them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jug of water will meet you. Follow him, / and whichever house he enters, say to the owner, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is My guest room, where I may eat the Passover with My disciples?’ ...

John 18:28
Then they led Jesus away from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. By now it was early morning, and the Jews did not enter the Praetorium, to avoid being defiled and unable to eat the Passover.

2 Kings 23:21-23
The king commanded all the people, “Keep the Passover of the LORD your God, as it is written in this Book of the Covenant.” / No such Passover had been observed from the days of the judges who had governed Israel through all the days of the kings of Israel and Judah. / But in the eighteenth year of Josiah’s reign, this Passover was observed to the LORD in Jerusalem.


Treasury of Scripture

Now the feast of unleavened bread drew near, which is called the Passover.

Exodus 12:6-23
And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening…

Leviticus 23:5,6
In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD'S passover…

Matthew 26:2
Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified.

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Luke 22
1. The leaders conspire against Jesus.
3. Satan prepares Judas to betray him.
7. The apostles prepare the Passover.
19. Jesus institutes his holy supper;
21. covertly foretells of the traitor;
24. rebukes the rest of his apostles from ambition;
31. assures Peter his faith should not fail;
34. and yet he should deny him thrice.
39. He prays in the mount, and sweats blood;
47. is betrayed with a kiss;
50. he heals Malchus' ear;
54. he is thrice denied by Peter;
63. shamefully abused;
66. and confesses himself to be the Son of God.














Now
The word "Now" serves as a transitional marker, indicating a shift in the narrative. It connects the preceding events with what is about to unfold, emphasizing the immediacy and continuity of the Gospel account. In the Greek, the word used is "δέ" (de), which often functions to introduce a new section or thought, suggesting that the events are part of a divinely orchestrated plan.

the Feast of Unleavened Bread
This phrase refers to a significant Jewish festival that commemorates the Israelites' exodus from Egypt, as described in Exodus 12. The Greek term "ἡ ἑορτὴ τῶν ἀζύμων" (hē heortē tōn azymōn) highlights the importance of this feast, which lasts seven days and involves the removal of leaven from homes. Leaven, or yeast, symbolizes sin and corruption, and its removal signifies purification and holiness. This feast is a time of reflection and preparation, reminding believers of God's deliverance and faithfulness.

called the Passover
The Passover, or "πάσχα" (pascha) in Greek, is the central event of the Feast of Unleavened Bread. It commemorates the night when the Lord passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt, sparing them from the plague of the firstborn (Exodus 12:13). The Passover lamb, whose blood was used to mark the doorposts, prefigures Christ, the Lamb of God, whose sacrifice brings salvation. This connection underscores the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy in the New Testament narrative.

was approaching
The phrase "was approaching" indicates the nearness of the feast, both in time and significance. The Greek word "ἤγγιζεν" (ēngizen) conveys a sense of anticipation and urgency. This timing is crucial, as it sets the stage for the events of Jesus' passion, aligning with God's sovereign timeline. The approaching feast serves as a backdrop for the unfolding of God's redemptive plan through Christ's death and resurrection.

XXII.

(1, 2) Now, the feast of unleavened bread . . .--See Notes on Matthew 26:1-5; Mark 14:1-2. St. Luke's way of giving a preliminary explanation of the Jews' Passover is characteristic of the Gentile Evangelist.

Verses 1, 2. - Short explanatory introduction. Verse 1. - Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover. These words show that many of the readers for whom this Gospel was intended were foreigners, who were unacquainted with Jewish terms such as the "Passover." Passover (τὸ πάσχα פסח) means, literally, "a passing." The feast so named commemorated the manner in which the chosen people were spared in Egypt when the destroying angel of the Lord passed over all Israelitish houses, which had been sprinkled with the blood of the lamb, without slaying the firstborn. Dr. Farrar suggests that the Greek word πάσχω is a transliteration, with a sort of alliterative allusion to the Greek πάσχω, "I suffer." This greatest and most important of the Jewish feasts, which ever brought a great host of pilgrims to Jerusalem, was kept in the first month of the Jewish year (Nisan), from the 15th of the month, the day of full moon, to the 21st. Roughly, this corresponded to the end of our March.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
Now
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

the
(hē)
Article - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Feast
ἑορτὴ (heortē)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 1859: A festival, feast, periodically recurring. Of uncertain affinity; a festival.

of
τῶν (tōn)
Article - Genitive Neuter Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Unleavened [Bread],
ἀζύμων (azymōn)
Adjective - Genitive Neuter Plural
Strong's 106: (in the neutral plural) specially (by implication) the Passover week.

called
λεγομένη (legomenē)
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.

[the] Passover,
Πάσχα (Pascha)
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's 3957: The feast of Passover, the Passover lamb. Of Chaldee origin; the Passover.

was approaching,
Ἤγγιζεν (Ēngizen)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1448: Trans: I bring near; intrans: I come near, approach. From eggus; to make near, i.e. approach.


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