CategoryDoctrine / Festival and Typology Term
Modern Equivalentdeliverance feast; Christ’s sacrificial pattern.
KJV Word TypeTheological noun / festival and typology term
DefinitionThe Jewish festival commemorating the Israelites' deliverance from Egypt, marked by the sacrifice of a lamb and the eating of unleavened bread (Exodus 12).
Key Verses"And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it." (Exodus 12:7); "Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:" (1 Corinthians 5:7)
KJV Usage NoteRefers to Israel’s deliverance from Egypt and also becomes a type of Christ’s sacrificial death in the New Testament.
Common MisunderstandingIt is not only a Jewish historical feast; the New Testament also uses Passover imagery to point to Christ’s sacrifice.
EtymologyFrom Hebrew Pesach ("pass over").