Q2. Passover Roots

[Emy Oliveros]

The Jews were instructed to celebrate the Passover annually to celebrate and commemorate God redeeming them from slavery in Egypt. And so by Jesus' day, Passover was to be celebrated only within the precincts of Jerusalem which caused the city to be jam-packed with pilgrims from all over the known world during this season.

The elements of the Passover meal were the unleavened bread, bitter herbs, fruit puree and the paschal lamb. Each element of the meal was blessed and then commented upon by the head of the household.

With the Christians, it is called the Lord's supper wherein we remember what Jesus had done on the cross as the Lamb of God sacrificed for the sins of the world. It's one of the ordinances of the church, and we celebrate in the church not just annually but as often as you want to remember His sacrifice made for us. And can be done any place as you find appropriate for the occassion. Praise the Lord!

The elements used are the bread which symbolizes the body of Christ and the wine, the blood of the covenant, which was poured out for the forgiveness of sins. Each element of the meal is also blessed and then commented upon by the minister.

[debs4jc]

Q2. Compare the annual Jewish Passover celebration meal in Jesus' day with the Christian's celebration of the Lord's Supper. Where are the similarities? Where are the differences?

Who: The passover was for Jews only, the Lord's Supper is observed by all followers of Jesus

When: The Passover was celebrated once a year in rememberance of the Exodus from Egypt. The Lord's supper is celebrated 'as often as we come together' in rememberance of Christ.

Where: The passover was celebrated in Jerusalem, in Jewish homes. The Lord's supper is celebrated wherever Christians may be, in homes, in churches, outside, wherever.

What: The passover consisted of lamb, unleavened bread, fruit puree, bitter herbs, and wine. It was a full meal. The Lord's supper is only wine and bread.

How: The Passover meal is presided over by the head of the household, usually things are served in a traditional manner with ceremonial words and songs. The Lord's supper is usually presided over and served by men of the church, the ceremonies vary according to tradition but usually some words are spoken before the elements are served.

Why: The Passover celebrated deliverance from the Angel of Death, the Lord's supper celebrates deleverance from Sin.

[DebChats]

Compare the annual Jewish Passover celebration meal in Jesus' day with the Christian's celebration of the Lord's Supper. Where are the similarities? Where are the differences?

The only 'celebration of the Lord's Supper' I am familiar with (besides the one in the bible) is communion.

I am not sure of either the similiarities or the differences. The only similiarities I see are in the unleavened bread .. which is what the wafer represents in communion.

The differences would be the meal itself. Meat and herbs are not present in communion.

[billhayes]

Christ took the elements of the Jewish Passover meal -- the bread and the cup -- and changed their meaning. For practicing Jews the bread and cup were meant to remind them of God saving them in Egypt. Jesus took the same bread and cup and said they now could be used to remind us of the ultimate saving act of God --- Jesus' body broken and blood shed on the cross for out salvation.

[Liza]

Similarities

[bjcollin]

Q2. Compare the annual Jewish Passover celebration meal in Jesus' day with the Christian's celebration of the Lord's Supper. Where are the similarities? Where are the differences? Exposition

The Jewish Passover sedar and the Lord's Supper are the same in that we are recognizing and partaking in what God has done for us in rememberance. The differences are that the Jewish Passover sedar recognizes God's deliverance of the Jews from Egypt, and the Lord's Supper recognizes God's deliverance of mankind from Sin through Jesus' death on the cross and His resurrection.

[AngelOnLine]

Q2. Compare the annual Jewish Passover celebration meal in Jesus' day with the Christian's celebration of the Lord's Supper. Where are the similarities?

Both the Passover meal and the celebration of the Lord

[MyBeloved]

The Jewish Passover meal in Jesus' day was a time of looking back to when the Jews were freed from slavery whereas the Christian's celebration of the Lord's Supper is a time of looking back to our liberation from the penality of sin. Jesus Christ, our Passover Lamb took our place on the cross.

The elements used in the Passover meal represented the sorrows the Israelites endured. The elements used in the Lord's Supper help us to remember that the Lord gave His body and blood for our redemption.

[heatherdills]

Both are done in reverence to the Lord. They differ in that one is an offering to God for protection while the other is a celebration of what Jesus did for us.

[Helen]

Christians do not engage in many facets of the passover feast, the specific courses of food (including lamb), the passover narrative, the singing of the hallel psalms, four cups of wine (we use only one), and the blessing of the festival day. The Jews celebrate once per year, where we celebrate often weekly. We are not so much concerned with having bread without yeast, and it is not made in the Jewish triple layers. Our celebration is not a meal as such any more, but is geared for a service which specifically remembers the body and blood of Christ. In deference to those with alcohol problems we often drink non-alcoholic grape juice. where they drank real wine. The Passover was a family meal, where we are more likely to take it as a church body.

The similarities include the use of bread and "wine", the focus on blood, the words spoken concerning the meaning of the celebration, the concept of salvation from slavery into Life dependent on God.

[alisicia]

Exodus 12:8 And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shal eat it. (9) Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof. (10) And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire. (15) Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel. (16) And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you. (18) In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even. (19) Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land. (20) Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread. (43) And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof: (44) But every man's servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circurmcised him, then shall he eat thereof. (45) A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof. (46) In the house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth ought of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof. Matthew 26:17, Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disiciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the passover? (18) And he said, Go into the city to such a man, and say unto him, The Master saith, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at thy hous with my disciples. Mark 14:22, And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake it , and gave to them, and , Take, eat: this is my body. (23) And he took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them: and they all drank of it. (24) And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many. ( The meat, (lamb) was Jesus, the (unleavened bread) was the word of God, the (blood) was the sacrifice on the alter, (the cross). I am your passover, and your last supper. I am the beginning and the end. Matthew 12:6, But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the temple. (12) And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money changers, and the seats of them that sold doves, Matthew 26:61 And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days. Hosea 6:6, For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings. All God wants from us is to show him, and tell him that we love him, and we are so thankful for his son Jesus, comming to rescue us from death. Why? Because he and the son wants us to come home, and be at peace. And to know that his will for his children will be done.

[glory]

THE PASSOVER MEAL WAS EATEN TO CELEBRATE FREEDOM FROM BONDAGE AND CAPTIVITY THAT THE CHILDREN OF GOD HAD TO ENDURE AT THE HANDS OF THE EGYPTIAN. TODAY WE MAY NOT BE IN BONDAGE TO PHARAOH LIKE THEY WERE, BUT MANY OF US ARE IN A DIFFERENT TYPE OF BONDAGE; THAT IS TO SIN. THEREFORE WE CELEBRATE THE LORD'S SUPPER IN REMEMBERANCE OF WHAT HE ACCOMPLISHED AT THE CROSS FOR US; THAT IS THE FORGIVENESS OF ALL SINS SO WE CAN BE FREE FROM BONDAGE!!!!

THE SIMILARITIES ARE BOTH CELEBRATIONS REPRESENT FREEDOM FROM BONDAGE. ONE DIFFERENCE IS THAT THEY HAD PASSOVER MEAL ONCE A YEAR WHEREAS WE CAN TAKE COMMUNION WITH OUR LORD DAILY AT HOME OR AS OFTEN AS IT'S OFFERED IN CHURCH; AS LONG AS WE DO SELF- EXAMINATION FIRST AND BE SURE OUR HEARTS ARE RIGHT WITH THE LORD....GOD BLESS....

[Alicea]

Compare the annual Jewish Passover celebration meal in Jesus' day with the Christian's celebration of the Lord's Supper. Where are the similarities? Where are the differences?

Both have the elements of bread, wine and the sacrificial lamb, both are held in remembrance of bondage. Israel's to Egypt and us to sin.

However the Jewish Passover celebration remembered the past and look forward to the Messiah, the Lord's supper remembers the past but celebrates the present deliverance from the bondage of sin and the future of eternal life with Christ.

[Carolynne Speck]

Q2. Compare the annual Jewish Passover celebration meal in Jesus' day with the Christian's celebration of the Lord's Supper. Where are the similarities? Where are the differences? Exposition

The passover meal was freedom from bondage.

AND BRAKE IT.

The breaking of the bread represented the sufferings of Jesus about to take place - his body " broken" or wounded for sin.

THIS IS MY BODY.

This represents Jesus body; that which represents his broken body for us.

[Lorraine Wright]

Q2. Compare the annual Jewish Passover celebration meal in Jesus' day with the Christian's celebration of the Lord's Supper. Where are the similarities? Where are the differences?

Passover became an annual remembrance of how God delivered the Hebrews from Egypt. It was to thank God for saving them from death and bringing them out of a land of slavery and sin.

The Lord's Supper is our Passover remberance of our new life and freedom from sin.

[charisbarak]

The Passover meal was the preparation for a larger work that God was going to do.

The communion table consists of only wine (juice) & a bread/cracker, rather than the other parts of the meal.

The wine was used inbetween blessings in the p m while it was used to signify Jesus' blood shed for us.

The bread symbolized the hardships they had gone through prior to the Passover, while for us in c it signifies His body, broken/sacrificed for us.

The Passover meal is a remembrance of how God brought His people out of Egypt, while communion is a remembrance of what Jesus did for us--and for the new covenant which included His original people & us!

[masika]

As the Jews prepared for their exodus from slavery in Egypt , they were commanded to prepare bread without yeast because they didn't have time to wait for it to rise. And because yeast was also a symbol of sin , they were commanded to sweep all of it out of the house .Christ is our Passover lamb , the Perfect Sacrifice for our sin. Because He us delivered us from slavery of sin , we should have nothing to do the sins of the past .

[Commissioned]

Q2. Compare the annual Jewish Passover celebration meal in Jesus' day with the Christian's celebration of the Lord's Supper. Where are the similarities? Where are the differences?

Both celebrations are for the comemoration of freedom. The Jews use this ocassion to celebrate and comemorate their feeedom from slavery. The Christians, both Jews and non-Jews, celebration of the Lord's Supper is in remembrance of Christ freeing us from sin by His death.

[Craig]

Q2. Compare the annual Jewish Passover celebration meal in Jesus' day with the Christian's celebration of the Lord's Supper. Where are the similarities? Where are the differences?

The Lord's Supper and the Jewish Passover celebration were similar in that they celebrated and remembered God's deliverance and redemption of His people. For the Jew it was deliverance and redemption from death and slavery in Eygpt.

For the Christian it is the celebration of deliverance from death, the atonement of sin, and redemption from sin through the blood of Jesus Christ on the cross.

[misindi]

Allow me to respectfully differ from the interpretation that the Last Supper was the Passover meal. Based on Israelite tradition the Passover Meal has to be eaten standing up not at a table, to remember the readiness of Israel just before parting from Egypt. If Jesus is the Passover Lamb, He had to die on Passover not before. He dies just before the start of the Passover and more convincingly the people ask Pilates to hasten the death of the slained because of the Shabbath. This has been one of the matters I have fully studied and researched for years. John opened my eyes: It was before Passover and then I remembered Deuterenomy stating that just after a normal working day, they had to take the Passover Meal at dusk (starting a new Jewish day 6 pm - 6 pm) and then starting the Unleavened Bread Festival that had to be Shabbath. The Gospel states that this Shabbath was a very special one and that people were in a hurry. The Israelites were used to do this, it is my personal opinion that the Unleavened Bread Festival on that year was a Thursday and being Shabbath followed by another Shabbath no wonder everybody was in such a hurry to bury the deads and be prepared for two consecutive Shabbat. This will also explain the "sign given to Jonah" three days and three nights.

[misindi]

The Passover meal was the preparation for a larger work that God was going to do.

The communion table consists of only wine (juice) & a bread/cracker, rather than the other parts of the meal.

The wine was used inbetween blessings in the p m while it was used to signify Jesus' blood shed for us.

The bread symbolized the hardships they had gone through prior to the Passover, while for us in c it signifies His body, broken/sacrificed for us.

The Passover meal is a remembrance of how God brought His people out of Egypt, while communion is a remembrance of what Jesus did for us--and for the new covenant which included His original people & us!

Reading the Old and New Testaments, there are numerous references to wine, Noah drank it and get drunk, Jesus performed His first miracle turning water into wine for a wedding celebration, Paul tells Tito not to forget to add wine to his water. Why is it that wine is juice? II will sincerely appreciate to let me know know if there is any biblical support for this?

[Delivered]

Q2. Compare the annual Jewish Passover celebration meal in Jesus' day with the Christian's celebration of the Lord's Supper. ---- Where are the similarities? ----- Where are the differences?

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[HeidiW]

Q2. Compare the annual Jewish Passover celebration meal in Jesus' day with the Christian's celebration of the Lord's Supper. Where are the similarities? Where are the differences?

The greatest similarity between the Passover feast and the Eucharist is that wine and bread are eaten. It is a "family" meal, that is, people in one community share the meal together. The Passover and the Eucharist are both commemorative meals. That is, the passover meal is a memorial to God releasing the Israelites from bondage in Egypt. Communion is a memorial to the sacrifice of the Lord Jesus, who died so that we might be released from bondage to sin.

The differences are that in the Passover, there is a looking forward, to when Messiah comes. They leave a chair for Elijah, because they expect Elijah to precede the Messiah's arrival. In the Eucharist, there is a looking BACK, to the historical fact of Christ's crucifixion, as well as a looking FORWARD, to the Marriage Feast of the Lamb. The Passover meal has more elements: the bitter herbs, salt water, fruit, roasted egg...many foods symbolic of many things in their history and in the promises of God to the Jews. The communion table is simpler, containing just bread and wine.

[dgc1957]

The Passover meal was truly a meal with different courses, interspersed with three cups of wine. The scriptures read were very specific,they are full in praises of our God. I find it interesting that in those scriptures read, there is the urging of the Gentiles to praise God in Ps.177 and the rejection of Jesus as the chief cornerstone in Ps. 118:22.

Our partaking of the Lord's Supper is so abbreviated now. Probably because we do it more often than once a year.

[Robert Blannin]

The pass over meal is a selabration of a of deth passing over them spering there life. People some times make poor judment as freo, Today people still make the same wrong disesions and loved ones suffer or thay do. Making the desesion for God at that time ment life. Now for Christ its life forever even after deth.

The selabration of the Lords supper is a meal that we rember the secrofice Christ Die for our sin, in the

book of Moses the law comdemed our sin which was deth. The passing over our sin and then forgeting it is more

we deserve, but He love us so He sent His only Son. The Lamb for a temp forgiveness, The Lamb of God for a lasting forgiveness. The supper is Christ famley loveing each other and helping each other.