Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the passover?
On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came up to Jesus and asked, 'Where do you want us to set up for the Passover meal?'
Sometimes the most important moments start with the simplest question: 'Where should we meet?'
📚 Historical Context
The Feast of Unleavened Bread was an annual Jewish festival that immediately followed Passover, symbolizing the Israelites' hasty departure from Egypt as described in the Exodus story, where they ate bread without yeast to represent their urgency. In the biblical narrative of Matthew 26, this occurs during the final days of Jesus' earthly ministry in Jerusalem, as the disciples seek his guidance on preparing the Passover meal, which was a central religious observance for Jews at that time. This preparation highlights the cultural expectation of ritual purity and readiness for sacred events in first-century Jewish society.
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