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One of the major OT feasts. It specifically commemorates the exodus from Egypt as an act of God’s deliverance. In Israel’s calendar of feasts it was always celebrated with the Feast of Unleavened Bread.
Ex 12:25-27 The Hebrew term “Passover” derives from a verb meaning “to pass over” with the sense of “to spare”.
Instructions concerning its observance See also Ex 12:2-11,46-47; Nu 9:1-5; Dt 16:1-8
Combined with the Feast of Unleavened Bread Ex 34:25
The need for ritual cleansing Jn 11:55
Provision for ritual uncleanness Nu 9:6-13
Provision for non-Jews Ex 12:43-45,48-49; Nu 9:14
Its observance in the OT These occasions are times of spiritual renewal, when the nation remembered how the
Ezekiel’s vision of the future observance of the Passover Eze 45:21-24
Its observance Lk 2:41-42; Jn 6:4; Ac 12:4
It was celebrated by Jesus Christ Lk 22:15 At Passover time Jesus Christ himself was sacrificed and he inaugurated the Lord’s Supper. See also Mt 26:17-19 pp Mk 14:12-16 pp Lk 22:7-13; Jn 2:23 Jesus Christ observed the Passover like other Jews.
Jesus Christ identified with the Passover lamb 1Co 5:7 See also Jn 1:29,36; Jn 19:36 This may refer to the Passover victim; Ex 12:46; Rev 5:5-6
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