Luke 22:7

7 Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must be killed .

Luke 22:7 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 22:7

Then came the day of unleavened bread
The first of them, the fourteenth day of the month Nisan: when the passover must be killed;
that is, the passover lamb, as the Persic version renders it; and which, according to the law in ( Exodus 12:6 ) was to be done between the two evenings; (See Gill on Matthew 26:17).

Luke 22:7 In-Context

5 And they were glad , and covenanted to give him money.

6 And he promised , and sought opportunity to betray him unto them in the absence of the multitude.

7 Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must be killed .

8 And he sent Peter and John, saying , Go and prepare us the passover, that we may eat .

9 And they said unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare ?