“You know that in two days’ time it will be Passover, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.”
You shall not offer me the blood of sacrifice with anything leavened, nor shall the sacrifice of the Passover feast be kept overnight for the next day.
Simon the Cananean, and Judas Iscariot who betrayed him. The Commissioning of the Twelve.
As they were gathering in Galilee, Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man is to be handed over to men,
saying, “I have sinned in betraying innocent blood.” They said, “What is that to us? Look to it yourself.”
He said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer,
Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went up from the country to Jerusalem before Passover to purify themselves.
Six days before Passover Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.
Judas his betrayer also knew the place, because Jesus had often met there with his disciples.
in order that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled that he said indicating the kind of death he would die.
Since the Passover of the Jews was near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem.