(Now the Jewish feast of the Passover ¹  was near.) ² 

Josiah observed a Passover festival for the Lord in Jerusalem. ¹  They slaughtered the Passover lambs on the fourteenth day of the first month.

Now the Jewish feast of Passover ¹  was near, and many people went up to Jerusalem ²  from the rural areas before the Passover to cleanse themselves ritually. ³ 

“The Israelites are to observe ¹  the Passover ²  at its appointed time. ³ 

So Moses instructed ¹  the Israelites to observe ²  the Passover.

“‘On the fourteenth day of the first month is the Lord’s Passover.

So ¹  the disciples did as Jesus had instructed them, and they prepared the Passover.

Now ¹  Jesus’ ²  parents went to Jerusalem ³  every ⁴  year for the feast of the Passover. ⁵ 

Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread, ¹  which is called the Passover, was approaching.

Then the day for the feast ¹  of Unleavened Bread came, on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed. ² 

Now the Jewish feast of Passover ¹  was near, so Jesus went up to Jerusalem. ² 

Now ¹  on the first day of the feast of ²  Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb is sacrificed, ³  Jesus’ ⁴  disciples said to him, “Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?” ⁵ 

In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at twilight, ¹  is a Passover offering to the Lord.

But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah’s reign, such a Passover of the Lord was observed in Jerusalem.

¹  The exiles ²  observed the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.

Jesus ¹  sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and prepare the Passover ²  for us to eat.” ³ 

So ¹  they went and found things ²  just as he had told them, ³  and they prepared the Passover.

And he said to them, “I have earnestly desired ¹  to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.

¹ The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “This is the ordinance of the Passover. No foreigner may ²  share in eating it. ³ 

Slaughter the Passover lambs, consecrate yourselves, and make preparations for your countrymen to do what the Lord commanded through Moses.” ¹