MATTHEW 26:17 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the passover?”
Now on the first day of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying: where will you have us prepare for you to eat the Passover? The Passover preparation question: the disciples ask Jesus where to prepare the Passover meal. The first day of Unleavened Bread is the fourteenth of Nisan — the day when the Passover lambs were slaughtered in the temple. The disciples' question is the practical question of logistics: where will the meal be held?
Church Fathers on Matthew 26:17
The Evangelist having gone through the events preliminary to the Passion, namely, the announcement of the counsel of the Chief Priests, and the covenant for His betrayal, prosecutes the history in the order of events, saying, 'On the first day of unleavened bread.'
The first day of unleavened bread is the fourteenth day of the first month, when the lamb is killed, the moon is at full, and leaven is put away.
And observe that with the Jews, the Passover is celebrated on the first day, and the following seven are called the days of unleavened bread; but here the first day of unleavened bread means the day of the Passover.
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