Clean outἐκκαθάρατεthe oldτὴν παλαιὰνleaven,ζύμηνso thatἵναyou may beἦτεa newνέονlump,φύραμαasκαθώςyou areἐστεunleavened.ἄζυμοιForγὰρourἡμῶνPassover lambτὸ πάσχαalsoκαὶhas been sacrificed:ἐτύθηthe Messiah.Χριστός
Explicit type · Exodus 12:21
Go to Exodus 12:21Paul calls the Messiah “our Passover lamb,” sacrificed, with the word that in Exodus 12:21 designates the Passover animal. In the same verse he speaks of removing the old leaven.
The biblical author himself makes the connection, in these words:
τὸ πάσχα ἡμῶν ἐτύθη Χριστός “our Passover lamb also has been sacrificed: the Messiah” (1 Corinthians 5:7)
- πάσχαpaschaG3957פָּסַחpasajH6453“Passover”
Passoverפֶּסַח / πάσχαפסח pascha
Name of the feast of the fourteenth day of the first month and of the animal that was sacrificed at it (Exodus 12:6, 21). Exodus 12:27 explains it with the verb pasach, “pass over”: YHWH passed over the houses of the Israelites. On the following day the seven days of unleavened bread began (Leviticus 23:5-6).
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פֶּסַח / πάσχα
Paul: “our Passover lamb also has been sacrificed: the Messiah.”