Matthew 26:16-18

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¹⁶And from that moment Judas began looking for an opportune time to betray Jesus.^(A)

¹⁷Now on the first day of ^[a]Unleavened Bread (Passover Week) the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?”^(B) ¹⁸He said, “Go into the city to ^[b]a certain man, and say to him, ‘The Teacher says, “My time [to suffer and atone for sin] is near; I am to keep the Passover at your house with My disciples.”’”

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Footnotes

Matthew 26:17 This remembrance lasted eight days. The Passover lambs were selected on the tenth of Nisan (March/April) and sacrificed on the fourteenth of Nisan (the first day of the feast). The Passover meal was eaten that same night (15 Nisan). This was immediately followed by the Feast of Unleavened Bread (15-21 Nisan). The terms “Passover” and “The Feast of Unleavened Bread” were used interchangeably.
Matthew 26:18 Tradition identifies this man as Mark’s father.