15 Bible Verses about Passover

Now while He was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many people, because they saw the wonder-works which He was performing, trusted in Him as the Christ.

But a curse on you Pharisees, because you pay tithes on mint, rue, and every tiny garden herb, but neglect justice and the love of God! These latter especially you ought to have done, but ought not to have neglected the former.

By faith he instituted the Passover and the pouring of blood upon the doorposts, so that the destroyer of the first-born might not touch them.

You must clean out the old yeast, that you may be a fresh lump, as you are to be free from the old yeast. For our Passover Lamb, Christ, has already been sacrificed.

So let us keep our feast, not with old yeast nor with the yeast of vice and wickedness, but with the bread of purity and truth without the yeast.

and when he saw that this was agreeable to the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter too -- it was at the time of the feast of Unleavened Bread.

Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to set any prisoner free whom the people wanted.

Now at the time of the feast Pilate usually set a prisoner free whom the people requested.

So I will flog Him and let Him go." Omitted Text.

Now you have a custom to have me set one man free at your Passover time. So do you wish me to set the king of the Jews free?"

Now the Jewish Passover was approaching; so Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

Now while He was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many people, because they saw the wonder-works which He was performing, trusted in Him as the Christ.

And He said to them, "I have heartily desired to eat this Passover supper with you before I suffer.

On the first day of the Passover Feast the disciples came to Jesus and said, "Where do you want us to get the Passover supper ready for you to eat?" And He said, "Go into the city, to a certain man, and say to him, 'The Teacher says, "My time is near. I am going to keep the Passover at your house with my disciples."'" So the disciples did as Jesus directed them, and got the Passover supper ready. read more.
When evening came, He was sitting at the table with the Twelve.

While they were eating, Jesus took a loaf and blessed it; then He broke it in pieces and gave it to the disciples, and said, "Take this and eat it; this is my body." He also took the cup of wine and gave thanks; then He gave it to them, saying, "All of you drink some of it, for this is my blood which ratifies the covenant, the blood which is to be poured out for many for the forgiveness of their sins.

On the first day of the feast of Unleavened Bread, the usual time for killing the Passover lamb, Jesus' disciples asked Him, "Where do you want us to go and get the Passover supper ready for you to eat?" So He sent off two of His disciples, and said to them, "Go into the city and you will meet a man carrying a pitcher of water. Follow him, and whatever house he goes into, tell the owner that the Teacher asks, 'Where is my room where I may eat the Passover supper with my disciples?' read more.
Then he will show you a large upstairs room, furnished and ready; get everything ready for us there." So off the disciples went; they reached the city, found everything just as He had told them, and they got the Passover supper ready. When evening came, He went with the Twelve. And while they were sitting at table and eating, Jesus said, "I solemnly say to you, one of you, one who is now eating with me, is going to betray me." And they began to show that they were hurt and to ask Him one by one, "It cannot be I, can it?" He answered them, "It is one of the Twelve, the one who is dipping his bread in the dish with me. For the Son of Man is going away, as the Scriptures say of Him, but a curse will be on that man by whom He is betrayed. It would have been better for that man, if he had never been born." While they were eating, He took a loaf and blessed it and broke it in pieces and gave it to them, saying, "Take this; it is my body." He also took the cup of wine and gave thanks and gave it to them, and they all drank some of it. Then He said to them, "This is my blood which ratifies the covenant, the blood which is to be poured out for many. I solemnly say to you, I will never again drink the product of the vine till the day when I drink the new wine in the kingdom of God."

Then the day of Unleavened Bread came, on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed. So He sent Peter and John, saying to them, "Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover meal." They asked Him, "Where do you wish us to prepare it?" read more.
He answered them, "Just after you enter the city, a man with a pitcher of water will meet you. Follow him into the house which he enters and say to the owner of the house, 'Our Teacher says to you, "Where is the room in which I am to eat the Passover supper with my disciples?"' Then he will show you a large room upstairs already furnished. There make the preparations." So they went off and found it just as He had said, and they prepared the Passover supper. Now when the hour came, He took His place at the table, with the apostles about Him. And He said to them, "I have heartily desired to eat this Passover supper with you before I suffer. For I tell you, I shall never again eat one until it finds its full fruition in the kingdom of God." Then He received a cup of wine, gave thanks, and said, "Take this and share it among you, for I tell you, I shall not after today drink the product of the vine until the kingdom of God comes." Then He took a loaf, gave thanks, and broke it in pieces, and gave it to them, and said, "This is my body which is to be given for you. Do this as a memorial to me." In like manner after supper He took a cup of wine, and said, "This cup of wine is the new covenant to be ratified by my blood, which is to be poured out for you.

Then they took Jesus from Caiaphas to the governor's palace. It was early in the morning, and they would not go into the governor's palace themselves, in order not to be defiled, so as to be unfit to eat the Passover supper.

"You know that in two days the Passover Feast will take place, and the Son of Man will be turned over to be crucified."

Now the feast of the Passover and of Unleavened Bread was two days later. So the high priests and scribes kept looking for some way to arrest Him by stratagem and have Him put to death, for they kept saying, "It must not be at the feast, for there might be a riot."

His parents were in the habit of going to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the Passover. And when He was twelve years old, they went up as usual to the feast and stayed the usual time. When they returned, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but His parents were not aware of it. read more.
They supposed that He was somewhere in the caravan, and so they traveled a whole day before they began to make an anxious search for Him among His relatives and acquaintances. As they did not find Him, they returned to Jerusalem in anxious search for Him. And after three days they finally found Him in the temple sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. Now everyone who was listening to Him was showing astonishment at His intelligence and at His answers. When His parents saw Him, they were utterly amazed, and yet His mother said to Him, "My child, why did you treat us so? Just see how your father and I, in agony of mind, have been searching for you!" Then He said to them, "Why is it that you were searching for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father's house?" But they did not understand what He said to them.

and when he saw that this was agreeable to the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter too -- it was at the time of the feast of Unleavened Bread.

You must clean out the old yeast, that you may be a fresh lump, as you are to be free from the old yeast. For our Passover Lamb, Christ, has already been sacrificed.

You must clean out the old yeast, that you may be a fresh lump, as you are to be free from the old yeast. For our Passover Lamb, Christ, has already been sacrificed.