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The Jewish calendar has days starting at nightfall and proceeding to the next evening.


In the synoptic gospels, , the Passover was on Friday on the year of the crucifixion. The Last Supper was the Feast of the Passover, which occurred on Thursday evening and therefore in the Jewish calendar just as Friday began. In these gospels Jesus died on the cross on the day of the Passover.


John's Gospel sought to draw a parallel between Jesus and the paschal lamb, so moves the Passover to Saturday. It omits the Passover meal and, although Jesus was still crucified on Friday, it was the day of preparation for the Passover (John 19:14: "And it was the preparation of the passover ..."

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