ACC ~ Mark 14 v1

THE PASCHAL LAMB

BEDE: Having observed up to that point the observances of the old Passover, he brought them to perfection, and he handed over the new sacraments to his disciples to be observed henceforth. [1] … Our Lord is the counterpart of the paschal lamb. Five days before he entered upon his suffering, he came to the place of his passion to teach that he was the one Isaiah [2] had predicted. EXPOSITION ON THE GOSPEL OF MARK 2.3. [3]

[1] Cf. Lk 22:14-20.

[2] Is 53.

[3] Cetedoc 1367, 2.3.10; HOG 2:24*. Jesus was the paschal lamb sacrificed once for all.

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