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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Passover 
  n  :  a  Jewish  festival  (traditionally  8  days)  celebrating  the 
  exodus  of  the  Israelites  from  Egypt  [syn:  {Passover},  {Pesach}, 
  {Pesah},  {Feast  of  the  Unleavened  Bread}] 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  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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