Mat 26:17, 19 | Barnes | STEP | Verses 17-19. See also Verse 17. The first day , etc. The feast continued eight days, including the day on which the paschal lamb was killed and eaten, . That was the fourteenth day of the month Abib, answering to parts of our March and April. Of unleavened bread . Called so because, during those eight days, no bread made with yeast or leaven was allowed to be eaten. Luke says, "when the Passover must be killed." That is, in which the paschal lamb , or the lamb eaten on the occasion, must be killed. The word in the original, translated passover, commonly means, not the feast itself, but the lamb that was killed on the occasion. See , where Christ our Passover , is said to be slain for us; i.e. our Paschal Lamb, so called on account of his innocence, and his being offered as a victim, or sacrifice , for our sins. (y) "Now the first day"

Matthew 26:17

Verses 17-19. See also Mk 14:12-16, Lk 22:7-13

Verse 17. The first day, etc. The feast continued eight days, including the day on which the paschal lamb was killed and eaten, Ex 12:15. That was the fourteenth day of the month Abib, answering to parts of our March and April.

Of unleavened bread. Called so because, during those eight days, no bread made with yeast or leaven was allowed to be eaten. Luke says, "when the Passover must be killed." That is, in which the paschal lamb, or the lamb eaten on the occasion, must be killed. The word in the original, translated passover, commonly means, not the feast itself, but the lamb that was killed on the occasion.

See Ex 12:43, Nu 9:11, Jn 18:28, 1Cor 5:7, where Christ our Passover, is said to be slain for us; i.e. our Paschal Lamb, so called on account of his innocence, and his being offered as a victim, or sacrifice, for our sins.

(y) "Now the first day" Ex 12:6,18

Matthew 26:19

Verse 19. They made ready the Passover. That is, they procured a paschal lamb, multitudes of which were kept for sale in the temple; they procured it to be killed and flayed by the priests, and the blood to be poured at the altar; they roasted the lamb, and prepared the bitter herbs, the sauce, and the unleavened bread. This was done, it seems, while our Lord was absent, by the two disciples.