{When they sacrificed the passover} (hote to pascha
ethuon). Imperfect indicative, customary practice. The paschal
lamb (note pascha) 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 烘t 26:17|
for discussion of "eat the passover."