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

“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.

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

This Passover was observed in the eighteenth year of Josiah’s reign.

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

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.

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

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

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

You may not sacrifice the Passover in just any of your villages ¹  that the Lord your God is giving you,

The king, his officials, and the entire assembly in Jerusalem decided to observe the Passover in the second month.

So the Israelites who were present observed the Passover at that time, as well as the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days.

“You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man will be handed over ¹  to be crucified.” ² 

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