Luke 22:1 Meaning and Explanation
“Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →As Passover approaches, Jerusalem fills with pilgrims, and the final days of Jesus begin. Luke marks the hour by the feast of deliverance.
What Does Luke 22:1 Mean?
Luke turns from Jesus teaching in the temple to the last movement of his Gospel. The feast of unleavened bread, called the Passover, commemorated the night God delivered Israel from Egypt, when the blood of a lamb marked the doors of the spared. Jerusalem swelled with pilgrims for the holy week.
The timing is not incidental. At the feast that remembered lambs slain and a people set free, Jesus would offer himself. Paul would later write, 'Christ our passover is sacrificed for us' (1 Corinthians 5:7). What Israel rehearsed every spring was about to be fulfilled - deliverance not from Pharaoh but from sin and death.
Luke 22:1 in the Original Language
pascha (πάσχα), 'Passover' -- the feast recalling the night God's judgment passed over the blood-marked houses of Israel.
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What does Luke 22:1 mean?
As Passover approaches, Jerusalem fills with pilgrims, and the final days of Jesus begin. Luke marks the hour by the feast of deliverance.