Passover 音标拼音: [p'æs
, ovɚ]
n . 逾越节,逾越节祭神的羔羊
逾越节,逾越节祭神的羔羊
Passover n 1 : (
Judaism )
a Jewish festival (
traditionally 8 days from Nissan 15 )
celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt [
synonym : {
Passover }, {
Pesach }, {
Pesah }, {
Feast of the Unleavened Bread }]
Passover \
Pass "
o `
ver \,
n . [
Pass over .
See Pasch .] (
Jewish Antiq .)
(
a )
A feast of the Jews ,
instituted to commemorate the sparing of the Hebrews in Egypt ,
when God ,
smiting the firstborn of the Egyptians ,
passed over the houses of the Israelites which were marked with the blood of a lamb .
(
b )
The sacrifice offered at the feast of the passover ;
the paschal lamb . --
Ex .
xii .
[
1913 Webster ]
Passover the name given to the chief of the three great historical annual festivals of the Jews .
It was kept in remembrance of the Lord '
s passing over the houses of the Israelites (
Ex .
12 :
13 )
when the first born of all the Egyptians were destroyed .
It is called also the "
feast of unleavened bread " (
Ex .
23 :
15 ;
Mark 14 :
1 ;
Acts 12 :
3 ),
because during its celebration no leavened bread was to be eaten or even kept in the household (
Ex .
12 :
15 ).
The word afterwards came to denote the lamb that was slain at the feast (
Mark 14 :
12 -
14 ;
1 Cor .
5 :
7 ).
A detailed account of the institution of this feast is given in Ex .
12 and 13 .
It was afterwards incorporated in the ceremonial law (
Lev .
23 :
4 -
8 )
as one of the great festivals of the nation .
In after times many changes seem to have taken place as to the mode of its celebration as compared with its first celebration (
comp .
Deut .
16 :
2 ,
5 ,
6 ;
2 Chr .
30 :
16 ;
Lev .
23 :
10 -
14 ;
Num .
9 :
10 ,
11 ;
28 :
16 -
24 ).
Again ,
the use of wine (
Luke 22 :
17 ,
20 ),
of sauce with the bitter herbs (
John 13 :
26 ),
and the service of praise were introduced .
There is recorded only one celebration of this feast between the Exodus and the entrance into Canaan ,
namely ,
that mentioned in Num .
9 :
5 . (
See {
JOSIAH }.)
It was primarily a commemorative ordinance ,
reminding the children of Israel of their deliverance out of Egypt ;
but it was ,
no doubt ,
also a type of the great deliverance wrought by the Messiah for all his people from the doom of death on account of sin ,
and from the bondage of sin itself ,
a worse than Egyptian bondage (
1 Cor .
5 :
7 ;
John 1 :
29 ;
19 :
32 -
36 ;
1 Pet .
1 :
19 ;
Gal .
4 :
4 ,
5 ).
The appearance of Jerusalem on the occasion of the Passover in the time of our Lord is thus fittingly described : "
The city itself and the neighbourhood became more and more crowded as the feast approached ,
the narrow streets and dark arched bazaars showing the same throng of men of all nations as when Jesus had first visited Jerusalem as a boy .
Even the temple offered a strange sight at this season ,
for in parts of the outer courts a wide space was covered with pens for sheep ,
goats ,
and cattle to be used for offerings .
Sellers shouted the merits of their beasts ,
sheep bleated ,
oxen lowed .
Sellers of doves also had a place set apart for them .
Potters offered a choice from huge stacks of clay dishes and ovens for roasting and eating the Passover lamb .
Booths for wine ,
oil ,
salt ,
and all else needed for sacrifices invited customers .
Persons going to and from the city shortened their journey by crossing the temple grounds ,
often carrying burdens ...
Stalls to change foreign money into the shekel of the temple ,
which alone could be paid to the priests ,
were numerous ,
the whole confusion making the sanctuary like a noisy market "
(
Geikie '
s Life of Christ ).
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