Matthew 26:15-17

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¹⁵and said, “What are you willing to give me if I hand Jesus over to you?” And they weighed out ^[a]thirty pieces of silver.^(A) ¹⁶And from that moment Judas began looking for an opportune time to betray Jesus.^(B)

¹⁷Now on the first day of ^[b]Unleavened Bread (Passover Week) the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?”^(C)

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Footnotes

Matthew 26:15 Probably about a month’s wages for a laborer.
Matthew 26:17 This remembrance lasted eight days. The Passover lambs were selected on the tenth of Nisan (March/April) and sacrificed on the fourteenth of Nisan (the first day of the feast). The Passover meal was eaten that same night (15 Nisan). This was immediately followed by the Feast of Unleavened Bread (15-21 Nisan). The terms “Passover” and “The Feast of Unleavened Bread” were used interchangeably.