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According to The Bible, Jesus was arrested Passover evening, the day before the first day of the feast of unleavened bread -

"...With desire I have desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer..." (Luke 22:15).

According to the Lord's calendar: "...the fourteenth dayof the first month at even (evening, sundown) 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.23:5-6)

So, if Christ is: "...our Passover..." sacrificed for us (I Cor.5:7)... then, He was arrested on the evening of the "fourteenth of Abib" or "Nisan," which was the name change given to Abib following the Babylonian captivity of the Jews. Then, He was abused and murdered before the end of the daylight portion of the fourteeth just before sundown, the preparation for the first day of the "feast of unleavened bread" commenced.

The exact date by our calendar fluctuates from year to year with how late or early spring comes. But, at that last Passover with His disciples... Jesus commanded that the new symbols of the Passover (the bread and wine symbols) be used to "REMEMBER" Him for all future Passovers until He returns.

"...THIS DO IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME..." (Luke 22:19).

Jesus was arrested and murdered on the Passover... the fourteenth of Abib.

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