The day came during the Feast. This says the Feast of Unleavened Bread had begun before the Passover had been eaten. Alford (Greek Testament), et. al., believe Jesus and his disciples ate this Passover a day before the Jews ate theirs, and that Jesus died on the cross about the time the passover lambs were being killed. See notes on John 18:28; John 19:31; and on the parallel verses in the other Gospels.

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Old Testament