William F. Cook III

“In light of this historical context, certain parallels between the Passover and the Last Supper become obvious. In the Passover, God remembered his covenant with Abraham. At the Lord’s Supper a new covenant was established between God and his people. In the Passover, Israel remembered their bondage and slavery in Egypt and how God delivered them. At the Lord’s Supper, believers are reminded of their former slavery to sin and Satan, but through Christ’s death we receive forgiveness and freedom from bondage to sin. In the Passover, the blood of a Passover lamb was smeared on the doorpost of each family as a sign of obedience to God. A lamb had to die to secure the freedom of those inside the house. At the Lord’s Supper, the blood of Christ, our Passover Lamb, has been shed. Jesus’s words recall and transform the rich symbolism of Passover, announcing the arrival of the new exodus and the inauguration of the new covenant.”
― William F. Cook III, Jesus's Final Week: From Triumphal Entry to Empty Tomb