Jerry Shugart
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According to the KJV the first day of the feast of unleavened bread preceded the passover:
That cannot be right because the passover was on the 14th and the feast of unleavened bread was on the 15th:
"These are the feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons. In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD'S passover. And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread" (Lev.23:4-6).
In the KJV at Matthew 26:17 the translators incorrectly added the word "feast."
The Passover was a memorial to the night when the LORD passed over the blood stained houses in Egypt (Ex.12:13-14).
The feast of unleavened bread was a memorial of the time when the Israelites were brought out of the land of Egypt (Ex.12:17).
The Passover was celebrated on the 14th:
"And in the fourteenth day of the first month is the passover of the LORD" (Num.28:16).
The feast of unleavened bread began on the next day, the 15th:
So if words have any meaning then it is obvious that the first day of the feast of unleavened bread did not precede the passover so it is clear that the folllowing translation from the KJV is in error:
"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?" (Mt.26:17; KJV).
"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?" (Mt.26:17; KJV).
That cannot be right because the passover was on the 14th and the feast of unleavened bread was on the 15th:
"These are the feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons. In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD'S passover. And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread" (Lev.23:4-6).
In the KJV at Matthew 26:17 the translators incorrectly added the word "feast."
The Passover was a memorial to the night when the LORD passed over the blood stained houses in Egypt (Ex.12:13-14).
The feast of unleavened bread was a memorial of the time when the Israelites were brought out of the land of Egypt (Ex.12:17).
The Passover was celebrated on the 14th:
"And in the fourteenth day of the first month is the passover of the LORD" (Num.28:16).
The feast of unleavened bread began on the next day, the 15th:
"And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread" (Lev.23:6).
So if words have any meaning then it is obvious that the first day of the feast of unleavened bread did not precede the passover so it is clear that the folllowing translation from the KJV is in error:
"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?" (Mt.26:17; KJV).