Mark 14:12 And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the passover, his disciples said to him… No other festival was so full of typical meaning, or pointed so clearly to "good things to come" (Hebrews 10:1). I. It was a FEAST OF REDEMPTION, foreshadowing a future and greater redemption (Galatians 4:4, 5). II. The victim, A LAMB WITHOUT BLEMISH and without spot, was a striking type of "the Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the world" (John 1:29; 1 Corinthians 5:7; 1 Peter 1:19). III. SLAIN, not by the priest, but by the head of the Paschal company, the blood shed and sprinkled on the altar, roasted whole without the breaking of a bone, it symbolized Him who was put to death by the people (Acts 2:23), whose blood during a Paschal festival was shed on the altar of His cross, whose side the soldier pierced, but break not His legs (John 19:32-36). IV. EATEN AT THE SACRIFICIAL MEAL (peculiar to the peace offering) with bitter herbs and unleavened bread (the symbol of purity), it pointed to that one oblation of Himself once offered, whereby Christ has made us at peace with God (Ephesians 2:14, 15), in which whosoever truly believes must walk in repentance and sincerity and truth (1 Corinthians 5:7, 8). V. IT WAS AT A PASCHAL SUPPER THAT ITS ANTITYPE, THE CHRISTIAN EUCHARIST, was instituted by our Lord (Matthew 26:17). (G. F. MacLean, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the passover, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare that thou mayest eat the passover? |
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