Exodus 12:12-13
“For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn... And the blood shall be to you for a token... and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you.”
King James Version
The Passover: the blood of the lamb on the doorposts sparing the firstborn — the foundational type of Christ, 'our passover sacrificed for us.'
Fulfillment References
1 Corinthians 5:7 John 1:29 1 Peter 1:19 Exodus 12:46
How Traditions Read This Prophecy
Apostolic (Oneness) PentecostalChrist, 'our passover' (1 Cor. 5:7), is the Lamb of God (John 1:29); the one God's own blood (Acts 20:28) sparing His people from death.
JewishThe founding redemptive event of Israel — the Passover blood and the sparing of the firstborn, commemorated every Pesach.
CatholicThe Passover lamb prefigures Christ, the Lamb of God, whose blood delivers from death (1 Cor. 5:7).
ProtestantChrist is 'our passover' (1 Cor. 5:7); the lamb's blood foreshadows His atoning death (1 Pet. 1:19).
OrthodoxChrist the true Passover, His blood the deliverance from death — central to the Pascha.
DispensationalThe Passover type fulfilled in Christ's blood, with the feast also looking to future redemption.
AcademicScholars trace the Passover's apotropaic blood ritual and its reinterpretation in early Christian paschal typology (John frames the crucifixion on Passover).
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