Jesus said, "With fervent desire I have desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer." It was on the night that He was betrayed, the night of the beginning of the 14th day of the first month, when Jesus kept that Passover, washing the feet of His disciples and giving us the New Covenant symbols of bread representing His body, and wine representing His shed blood. This is one of our "Fundamental Beliefs." In this sermon, questions about the timing of Passover are asked, and answers are found in the Scriptures. A handout is included for your convenience in this study. We find that the "winds of doctrine" that some promote are not accurate. According to Scripture, Jesus was right about Passover.
Sermon Notes
“JESUS WAS RIGHT ABOUT PASSOVER” ~ Tacoma & Olympia ~ 2/13/2021 ~ Roc Corbett
Searching for proof of the timing of Passover, and Jesus’ authority to institute New Covenant symbols
Handout, with Scriptural references providing answers to our questions.
Search the Scriptures for the answers, and summarize the verses listed.
According to the Bible, what day is the Passover, the 14th, or the 15th?
Does Scripture teach that Passover was to be kept at the beginning, or at the end of the 14th day of the first month? Let’s find out by asking a series of questions and finding answers from the Bible.
When did the Lord tell Moses that the Passover lambs were to be killed?
Was Moses inspired to write that there was a day of plundering the Egyptians and packing up to leave Egypt in the daylight time after eating the Passover?
According to Moses, who was there at the time, and to whom God inspired to write this part of His word, did the children of Israel leave Egypt by night? If so, did they leave on the night of Passover, or on the next night?
Does the Bible teach that the Passover lambs were killed before Jesus and His disciples kept the Passover?
Mark 14:12 _________________________________________________
Luke 22:7 __________________________________________________
Does the Bible teach that the Jews who led Jesus from the high priest to Pilate’s court the next morning, had not yet eaten the Passover?
John 18:28 _________________________________________________
For the Jews, it would have been necessary to offer sacrifices before their meal. Does the Bible teach that sacrifices were applicable for the 15th day and throughout the DUB?
Was the daylight time after Jesus kept the Passover (that being the day on which He suffered and was crucified), a “high day” Sabbath, or did the high day begin the evening after He was crucified?
John 19:14 _________________________________________________
John 19:31 _________________________________________________
Mark 15:42 ________________________________________________
Luke 23:54 ________________________________________________
John 19:42 _________________________________________________
What High Day was this, that began shortly after Jesus was buried?
What High Day does the Bible teach begins on the evening after Passover? And, what day does this Bible reveal this to be, the 14th or the 15th of the first month? [Repeating some verses for emphasis.]
Does Scripture show that the New Testament Church kept the Passover in the years that followed Jesus’ crucifixion?
1 Cor. 11:23-26
[From whom did Paul receive this truth?] ________________
[On which night does Paul say that the Lord Jesus instructed His disciples to eat the bread and drink the wine?] _____________________
[Was Paul inspired to write that Christians are to “eat this bread and drink this cup”? If so, how often, and on what night?] ___________________
Did Jesus establish the bread and wine as new symbols, representative of His body and His blood given in sacrifice, instituting a New Covenant observance for Christians today?
Was it, instead, to partake of the bread and the wine, as the Lord Jesus revealed to Paul?
1 Cor. 11:23 (again, to emphasize this point). _______________________
Does Paul conclude that Christians ought to eat the Passover bread and drink the Passover wine?
1 Cor. 11:28
The sacrificing of animals, for Passover and at other times, was part of the Old Covenant. Did Jesus have the authority to change the symbols of the Passover from Old Covenant to New Covenant symbols?
In changing the symbols of Passover, did Jesus change the timing of when it is to be kept? If so, provide a verse from the Bible that would prove this.
From what we’ve seen in the Scriptures, who kept Passover at the correct time, and in the correct manner? Was it Jesus and His disciples, or was it the Pharisees and those who followed them? Jesus was right about Passover!