Mar 14:12 | RWP | e4.org | When they sacrificed the passover ( οτε το πασχα εθυον ). Imperfect indicative, customary practice. The paschal lamb (note πασχα ) was slain at 6 P.M., beginning of the fifteenth of the month ( ), but the preparations were made beforehand on the fourteenth (Thursday). See on for discussion of "eat the passover."

‏ Mark 14:12

When they sacrificed the passover ( οτε το πασχα εθυον ). Imperfect indicative, customary practice. The paschal lamb (note πασχα ) was slain at 6 P.M., beginning of the fifteenth of the month (Ex 12:6), but the preparations were made beforehand on the fourteenth (Thursday). See on Mt 26:17 for discussion of "eat the passover."