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-# Connecting Statement:
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-Jesus sends two of the disciples to prepare the Passover meal.
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 # when they sacrificed the Passover lamb
 
-At the beginning of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, it was customary to sacrifice a lamb. Alternate translation: "when it was customary to sacrifice the Passover lamb" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])
+ "when it was customary to sacrifice the Passover lamb"
 
 # eat the Passover
 
-Here the "Passover" refers to the Passover meal. Alternate translation: "eat the Passover meal" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
+"eat the Passover meal"