"You know that in two days time the Festival of the Passover will be here; and that the Son of Man is to be given up to be crucified."

But they said: "Not during the Festival, for fear of causing a riot."

On the first day of the Festival of the Unleavened Bread, the disciples came up to Jesus, and said: "Where do you wish us to make preparations for you to eat the Passover?"

It was now two days before the Festival of the Passover and the Unleavened bread. The Chief Priests and the Teachers of the Law were looking for an opportunity to arrest Jesus by stealth, and to put him to death;

For they said: "Not during the Festival, for fear of a riot."

On the first day of the Festival of the Unleavened bread, when it was customary to kill the Passover lambs, his disciples said to Jesus: "Where do you wish us to go and make preparations for your eating the Passover?"

Every year the child's parents used to go to Jerusalem at the Passover Festival.

When the day of the Festival of the Unleavened Bread came, on which the Passover lambs had to be killed,

While Jesus was in Jerusalem, during the Passover Festival, many came to trust in him, when they saw the signs of his mission that he was giving.

When he entered Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, for they had seen all that he did at Jerusalem during the Festival, at which they also had been present.

Sometime after this there was a Jewish Festival; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

It was near the time of the Jewish Festival of the Passover.

When the Jewish Festival of Tabernacles was near,

Go yourselves up to the Festival; I am not going to this Festival yet, because my time has not yet come."

But, when his brothers had gone up to the Festival, Jesus also went up--not publicly, but privately.

The Jews were looking for him at the Festival and asking 'Where is he?';

About the middle of the Festival week, Jesus went up into the Temple Courts, and began teaching.

On the last and greatest day of the Festival, Jesus, who was standing by, exclaimed: "If any one thirsts, let him come to me, and drink.

Soon after this the Festival of the Re-dedication was held at Jerusalem.

But the Jewish Festival of the Passover was near; and many people had gone up from the country to Jerusalem, for their 'purification,' before the Festival began.

So they looked for Jesus there, and said to one another, as they stood in the Temple Courts: "What do you think? Do you think he will come to the Festival?"

On the following day great numbers of people who had come to the Festival, hearing that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem, took palm-branches,

Among those who were going up to worship at the Festival were some Greeks,

Before the Passover Festival began, Jesus knew that the time had come for him to leave the world and go to the Father. He had loved those who were his own in the world, and he loved them to the last.

Some thought that, as Judas kept the purse, Jesus meant that he was to buy some things needed for the Festival, or to give something to the poor.

It is, however, the custom for me to grant you the release of one man at the Passover Festival. Do you wish for the release of the King of the Jews?"

In the course of the Festival at the close of the Harvest the disciples had all met together,

And, when he saw that the Jews were pleased with this, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. (This was during the Festival of the Unleavened Bread.)

For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus, so as to avoid spending much time in Roman Asia. He was making haste to reach Jerusalem, if possible, by the Festival at the close of the Harvest.

Therefore let us keep our festival, not with the leaven of former days, nor with the leaven of vice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

I intend, however, staying at Ephesus till the Festival at the close of the Harvest;