Typology of the Passover in the Redeeming Work of Jesus Christ
| Passover and Unleavened Bread | Jesus of Nazareth |
| The Passover victim was selected for sacrifice on the 10th of Abib/Nisan (Ex 12:3). | Jesus rode into Jerusalem to keep the Passover on the 10th of Nisan; He was the Lamb selected for sacrifice (Jn 1:29; 12:1-2, 12-14). |
| The Passover victims were to be kept in the community for five days (Ex 12:3, 6).* | For five days Jesus taught the community of Israel in the Temple (Mt 21-26:2).* |
| The blood of the Passover victim that was spread from the threshold of the doorways to the doorposts and lintel was a cross-shaped 'sign of the Israelites' firstborn redemption from death (Ex 12:13, 21-23). | Jesus' blood on the Cross was the sign of man's redemption from sin and death (Acts 3:17-26). |
| Hyssop was used to put the blood on the door posts and lintels (Ex 12:22). | Hyssop was used to give Jesus His last drink on the Cross (Jn 19:29). |
| No bones of the victim were to be broken (Ex 12:46). | Jesus' bones were not broken like the men crucified with Him (Jn 19:32-36). |
| The Israelites were redeemed from slavery when they fled out of Egypt on the 15th of Abib/Nisan (Ex 12:29-42). | Jesus gave up His life on the Cross, redeeming mankind from sin and death on the 15th of Nisan (Jn 18:28, 17-18). |
| Each Passover victim died so that the Israelites might live temporally. | Jesus was the Passover victim who died so that mankind might live eternally. |
| The Passover victims were the food of the sacred feast which the Israelites ate so that they might live (Ex 12:8, 13). | St. Paul identified Jesus as our Passover Lamb that we might celebrate the feast of the Eucharist (1 Cor 5:7-8) and eat Jesus' flesh that we might live (Jn 6:50-58). |
| As part of the covenant obligations the first Passover and sacred meal of the Passover victim was to be remembered and relived by every generation (Ex 12:14, 42). | Jesus told the disciples to eat His Body and Blood and to "do this in remembrance of me," a command every generation of New Covenant believers must obey (Lk 22:19-20). |
| The sacrifice of the Passover victim was God's plan for the salvation of Israel (Ex 12:13). | The sacrifice of Jesus the Messiah was God's plan for the salvation of mankind (Jn 3:1-16; 1 Jn 4:9). |
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