Messianic · Passover Typology

Exodus 12:46

God to Moses · ~1400 BC · Status: Fulfilled · Confidence: 89%
“In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth ought of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof.”
King James Version
More of Exodus 12 on this siteExodus 12:12-13

Not a bone of the Passover lamb to be broken — kept at the cross, where the soldiers brake no bone of Jesus (John 19:36).

Fulfillment References

John 19:33-36 1 Corinthians 5:7 John 1:29

Archaeological & Historical Evidence

The Passover Seder has been continuously practiced for 3,400 years — the oldest continuously observed religious ceremony in history.

How Traditions Read This Prophecy

Apostolic (Oneness) PentecostalJesus is the Passover Lamb; the feast typology perfectly fulfilled in his sacrificial death.
JewishA legal requirement for the Passover lamb — not a Messianic prediction.
CatholicTypologically fulfilled in Christ — the Lamb of God whose bones were not broken (John 19:36).
ProtestantJesus is the true Passover Lamb (1 Cor 5:7).
AcademicJohn's symbolic typology is deliberate; the historical detail may be accurate.
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