Mark 14:12

God's Word

Killing the Passover lamb was customary on the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread. The disciples asked Jesus, “Where do you want us to prepare the Passover meal for you?”

Cross References

Exodus 12:18

From the evening of the fourteenth day of the first month until the evening of the twenty-first day you must eat unleavened bread.

Exodus 12:6

Take care of it until the fourteenth ⌞day⌟ of this month. “Then at dusk, all the assembled people from the community of Israel must slaughter their animals.

Exodus 12:8

The meat must be eaten that same night. It must be roasted over a fire and eaten with bitter herbs and unleavened bread.

Exodus 13:3

Then Moses said to the people, “Remember this day—the day when you left Egypt, the land of slavery. The Lord used his mighty hand to bring you out of there. Don’t eat anything made with yeast.

Matthew 3:15

Jesus answered him, “This is the way it has to be now. This is the proper way to do everything that God requires of us.” Then John gave in to him.

Mark 14:1

It was two days before the Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread. The chief priests and the experts in Moses’ Teachings were looking for some underhanded way to arrest Jesus and to kill him.

Mark 14:11

They were pleased to hear what Judas had to say and promised to give him money. So he kept looking for a chance to betray Jesus.

Mark 14:13

He sent two of his disciples and told them, “Go into the city. You will meet a man carrying a jug of water. Follow him.

Galatians 4:4

But when the right time came, God sent his Son ⌞into the world⌟. A woman gave birth to him, and he came under the control of the laws given to Moses.

Deuteronomy 16:5

You’re not allowed to slaughter the animals for Passover in any of the cities the Lord your God is giving you.