Jesus is the perfect Passover Lamb that saves us from destruction. Tonight, the Biblical Festival of Passover (Pesach) begins, coinciding this year with Good Friday.

Regardless of when he actually died — during the run-up to the Passover meal or after — the image and symbol of Jesus as the lamb cuts to the heart of Easter.

Messianics celebrate Passover Seders with the Hebrew Bible and Gospel connections, pointing to and believing that Jesus is who He said He was—the Messiah.

Jesus, Passover and the sacrificial lamb Many who claim basic knowledge of Passover and Easter may know that Jesus was a Jew who died during the time of Passover.

"For Christians, Jesus is the Passover lamb who sacrifices everything to give us new life today as well as for eternity," says the Rev. Tiffany Sundeen, one of the pastors at Olivet Lutheran ...

Whereas in the three synoptic gospels Jesus actually eats a passover meal before he dies, in John's gospel he doesn't. The last supper is actually eaten before the beginning of passover.

For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed” (1 Corinthians 5:7). Before I knew Jesus, I was ignorant about the total meaning of Passover.

“The lamb’s blood became their salvation or their deliverance,” White said, referring to the Israelites. “Our Passover lamb, Jesus, is for your deliverance today.” ...

When Jesus Celebrated Passover Easter and Passover, like Christianity and Judaism, are linked by a history that began in ancient Jerusalem.