The Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread^(A)

⁴ “‘These are the Lord’s appointed festivals, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times:^{(B) 5} The Lord’s Passover^(C) begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month.^(D)

²¹ “‘In the first month on the fourteenth day you are to observe the Passover,^(A) a festival lasting seven days, during which you shall eat bread made without yeast.

² “As you know, the Passover^(A) is two days away—and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.”

³ Then the chief priests and the elders of the people assembled^(B) in the palace of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,^{(C) 4} and they schemed to arrest Jesus secretly and kill him.^{(D) 5} “But not during the festival,” they said, “or there may be a riot^(E) among the people.”

Jesus Anointed at Bethany^(A)(B)(C)

14 Now the Passover^(D) and the Festival of Unleavened Bread were only two days away, and the chief priests and the teachers of the law were scheming to arrest Jesus secretly and kill him.^{(E) 2} “But not during the festival,” they said, “or the people may riot.”