26.17 The passover supper was eaten this year on Friday evening (Jn 18.28). Jesus must have anticipated the passover meal because he would be dead the following day and because the meal prefigured his death. Matthew 26:20 Other authorities omit disciples Matthew 26:25 Or Rabbi 26.26 The de...
The Passover: the synoptic gospels give the impression that the Thursday night supper was the Passover meal (Mk 14:12); for John that meal is still to be eaten Friday night. 18:31 We do not have the right to execute anyone: only John gives this reason for their bringing Jesus to ...
Note:What is often called Passover today has its origins in two ancient observances. Nissan 14 was the Passover as mentioned in the Torah; at this time, an offering to the Lord, the sacrifice of a lamb, was slaughtered and prepared during the afternoon. Nissan 15 (the new day starting ...
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. / The evening meal was underway, and the devil had already put into the heart...
Is Passover day a Sabbath day? In John, Passover day fell on a Saturday, thereby coinciding withthe weekly Sabbath. "That sabbath day was an high day" (19:31), in which the two festivals were celebrated on the same day, and Friday was the Day of Preparation for them both. ... In...
On the 15th day of Nisan, they were then ordered to eat the lamb. It’s commonly believed by some scholars that the Passover ritual has its origins in an apotropaic rite that predated the Exodus. It was a way for people to protect their homes against demonic forces, and hyssop was ...
/ And the day after they had eaten from the produce of the land, the manna ceased. There was no more manna for the Israelites, so that year they began to eat the crops of the land of Canaan.Ruth 1:22So Naomi returned from the land of Moab with her daughter-in-law Ruth the ...
“Tell the Israelites: ‘When any one of you or your descendants is unclean because of a dead body, or is away on a journey, he may still observe the Passover to the LORD.King James BibleSpeak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your posterity shall be ...