John 18:28 — eat the Passover
Broader festival language allows continued participation in Passover meals or offerings. Many Torah impurities ended at evening, making a daylight concern possible. Neither the exact meal nor the precise impurity is specified in John.
Scripture
- John 18:28 — The leaders stay outside the praetorium to avoid defilement and eat Passover; the exact meal and impurity are not identified.
- Luke 22:1 — Luke calls Unleavened Bread Passover, demonstrating a broader festival name.
- Leviticus 15:5–11 — Several contact impurities require washing and continue until evening; this does not specify Gentile-building entry.
- Leviticus 22:6–7 — A priest in these specified circumstances becomes clean after sunset, with washing required, and may eat holy food.
- 2 Chronicles 35 — Verses 7–9 and 13 show different festival sacrifices and foods; this is background, not a definitive identification in John.