Keep doing this in remembrance of me.’ He did likewise respecting the cup.”Ĥ. Why? Because of what we read at 1 Corinthians 11:23-25: “Jesus in the night in which he was going to be handed over took a loaf and, after giving thanks, he broke it and said: ‘This means my body which is in your behalf. That will be a special day for true Christians and interested ones. Why are Christians rightly interested in the date of the Passover?ģ The date of the Lord’s Evening Meal, which corresponds to the date of the Passover, will be after sundown on April 14, 2014. 19:1 20:17, 29 Mark 10:1, 32, 46) Once the first day of the Jewish month Nisan was determined, the Passover would be held 13 days later, after sunset on Nisan 14.ģ. Certainly, Jesus will want to head for Jerusalem in order to arrive before the Passover.’Ģ We can imagine such thoughts coming to the mind of some who were with Jesus in Perea (across the Jordan) on his final trip to Jerusalem. Then signal fires or messengers spread the news, even reaching here. Once the Sanhedrin learned of that, they declared the start of a new month, Nisan. Last evening, watchmen in Jerusalem must have seen the first sliver of the moon. ‘WITH the clouds gone, we can see the crescent of the moon. What could the apostles have thought about the timing of a trip to Jerusalem?