Dictionary of Bible Themes Dictionary of Bible Themes » 7000 God's people » 7300 Institutions and culture of OT » 7406 Passover 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. The institution of the Passover Exodus 12:25-27 The Hebrew term “Passover” derives from a verb meaning “to pass over” with the sense of “to spare”. Celebrating the Passover Instructions concerning its observance See also Exodus 12:2-11,46-47; Numbers 9:1-5; Deuteronomy 16:1-8 Combined with the Feast of Unleavened Bread The need for ritual cleansing Provision for ritual uncleanness Provision for non-Jews Exodus 12:43-45,48-49; Numbers 9:14 Its observance in the OT These occasions are times of spiritual renewal, when the nation remembered how the LORD had saved them: Joshua 5:10; 2 Kings 23:21-23; 2 Chronicles 30:1-5,13-20; Ezra 6:19-21 Ezekiel's vision of the future observance of the Passover The Passover in the NT Its observance Luke 2:41-42; John 6:4; Acts 12:4 It was celebrated by Jesus Christ Luke 22:15 At Passover time Jesus Christ himself was sacrificed and he inaugurated the Lord's Supper. See also Matthew 26:17-19 pp Mark 14:12-16 pp Luke 22:7-13; John 2:23 Jesus Christ observed the Passover like other Jews. Jesus Christ identified with the Passover lamb 1 Corinthians 5:7 See also John 1:29,36; John 19:36 This may refer to the Passover victim; Exodus 12:46; Revelation 5:5-6 See also
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