On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?”
17. Now on the first day of unleavened bread, the disciples came to Jesus. It is first inquired, Why does the day which preceded the sacrificing of the lamb receive the name of the day of unleavened bread? For the Law did not forbid the use of leaven till the lamb was eaten, (Exodus 12:18.) But this difficulty may be speedily removed, for the phrase...
And he said, go into the city to such a man,.... That is, to such a man in the city of Jerusalem, for, as yet, they were in Bethany, or at the Mount of Olives however, without the city; he does not mention the man's name, but describes him, as Mark and Luke say, and tells them, "there shall meet you a man bearing a...
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.