What Is the Passover? - Misconceptions About the Passover

 Misconception: The Israelites  ate the Passover meal on Nisan 15.

Fact: God commanded the Israelites to slaughter a lamb just after sunset on Nisan 14 and to eat it on the same night. (Exodus 12:6, 8) The Israelites measured their day from sunset to sunset. (Leviticus 23:32) Thus, the Israelites slaughtered the lam and ate the Passover meal at the start of Nisan 14. 

Misconception:  Christians should celebrate the Passover.

Fact: After Jesus celebrated the Passover on Nisan 14, 33 C.E., he introduced a new observance: the Lord's Evening Meal.  (Luke 22:19, 20; 1 Corinthians 11:20) This meal replaced  the Passover since it commemorates the sacrifice of  "Christ  [the] Passover lamb." (1 Corinthians 5:7) Jesus' ransom sacrifice is superior to the Passover sacrifice in that it frees all people from slavery to sin and death. - MATTHEW 20:28; HEBREWS 9:15. 

Next time: How Is Jesus' Sacrifice  "a Ransom for Many"?/The Bible's Answer

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