Table of Contents
Chapter 11
The Passover
The Passover --Difference between the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread | |
Its Peculiarities | |
Special Nature of the Passover --Threefold reference of the Passover to nature, history, and grace--Time of the Passover | |
Origin of the Name --Meaning of the term Pesach--Difference between the so-called 'Egyptian' and the 'Permanent Passover' | |
Institution of the Passover | |
Directions in the Mishnah | |
Scripture Records of the Feast | |
Later Celebrations | |
The Preparations for the Passover | |
The Custom of Modern Days | |
The Three Things --The first and the second Chagigah--The 'eve of the Passover' | |
Special Preparations --Search for, and removal of all leaven--What constituted leaven | |
Time of its Commencement --Commencement of the feast on the forenoon of the 14th Nisan--At what hour it became duty to abstain from leaven, and how it was intimated | |
Choice of the Lamb --Selection of the Paschal Lamb | |
Slaying of the Lamb --At what hour it was slain--Division of the offerers into three companies--Mode of sacrificing the Paschal Lamb | |
The 'Hallel' --The singing of the 'Hallel'--Why it was called the Egyptian Hallel | |
Completion of the Sacrifice --How the lambs were prepared after sacrifice | |
Our Lord's Celebration of the Feast --The disciples preparing the Passover for the Master. |