John Trapp on Matthew 26:17

Verse 17. Now the first day] That is, on the fourteenth day of the first moneth, according to the law. The Priests for politique respects, had adjourned this feast to the [illegible: 1 word] day being the Sabbath, against the letter of the law; that the celebrity might be the greater, and the people were ruled by them. Our Saviour followeth not a multitude, not observeth mans tradition herein, but Gods preseription: No more must we. This St Luke plainly intimateth in his [non-Latin text not transcribed] Luk. 22. 7. Then came the day of unleavened bread when the Passeover ought to be killed; though the custome were otherwise.