The time was near for the Feast. No leavened bread could be eaten during Passover week. The Feast of Unleavened Bread lasted seven days after Passover, and was named because they did not use leaven (yeast) in making the special bread for that week. Were trying to find some way of killing Jesus. Public opinion was against them, so they search for a way to do it that will not stir up the people. See notes on Matthew 26:1-5.

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Old Testament