Feast of Passover 2026 & The Lords Supper

Passover/Pesach begins before sundown on Wed Apr 1, 2026 & ends after nightfall on Apr 9, 2026

Passover week overview:
Christ triumphal occurs on Nisan 10 - the day the Passover lamb is chosen. Christ is crucified on Nisan 14 - the day the lamb is killed. 3 day's later He's resurrected.

Exodus 12: The Original Passover Pattern
Exodus 12:1–6

The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron in Egypt.

This month shall be the beginning of months to you.

Abib / Nisan Clarified

In the Torah, the month is called Abib (Ex 13:4, 23:15, Deut 16:1).

After the exile, the same month is called Nisan (Neh 2:1, Est 3:7).

Abib = Nisan, same month, different era/name.

Nisan 10

Each household selects a lamb.

Christ, God's chosen Lamb, enters Jerusalem on this day.

Unblemished Lamb

The lamb must be without blemish

Jesus was sinless (2 Cor 5:21, Heb 4:15, 1 Jn 3:5, 1 Pet 1:19, 2:22).

Nisan 14

The lamb is kept until the 14th day and killed “between the evenings.

Holy Convocation
Ex 12:16 describes the 1st and 7th days of Unleavened Bread as holy convocations.

Holy = set apart (Hebrew qadash) - Convocation = assembly/rehearsal (Hebrew miqra) Israel rehearsed Messiah's redemptive death for 1500 years.

Christ Our Passover

1 Cor 5:7 (C) For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:
(NOTE: Christ is our Passover Lamb)

Covenantal Restrictions (OT & NT)

Ex 12:43-48. No foreigners, servants, sojourners or strangers could partake in the in the Passover meal unless they were circumcised. (Also see Gen 17:7-14)
(NOTE: No foreigner may eat. No hired servant may eat. No uncircumcised person may eat. Only those under the covenant sign (circumcision) could partake.)

New Covenant Parallel

1 Cor 11:27 Who ever eats this bread, & drinks this cup of the Lord, unworthily, will be guilty of the body & blood of the Lord
(NOTE: This is not about believers being sinless. Christ paid for believers' sins. The warning is directed at unbelievers - those not sealed by the Holy Spirit, not in the New Covenant.

OT: Only the circumcised may eat. NT: Only those in-Christ may partake. Same covenant logic, different covenant sign.

Purpose of the Ordinances

Passover

Ex 12:14 And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.
(NOTE: A memorial of deliverance.)

Lord's Supper

1 Cor 11:24-25 Do this in remembrance of Me.
(NOTE: The Lord's Supper is a remembrance of Christ's finished redemptive work & a forward expectation of His soon return.)

Both ordinances commemorate redemption:

For Israel: deliverance from slavery & the angel of death - For Christians: deliverance from sin & eternal death.

Jn 6:53-58 Speaks to the importance of our partaking

NT Lords Supper Frequency: Acts 20:7 suggests weekly observance, as do Lev 24:9 & 1 Chron 9:32.

Christ's Death & Temple Tradition
Temple priests tie the lamb to the stake; shofar blown. Jesus is nailed to the cross at the same hour (Mk 15:25).

3 pm, Nisan 14. Temple priests kill the lamb; shofar blown. Jesus hears the shofar & cries, “Tetelestai” - It is finished. “Paid in full.)

The ""High Day"" Clarified
Jn 18:28: Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover
(NOTE: Jesus is taken to the Gentile judgment hall on Nisan 14, the day the lamb is killed, before the Seder meal eaten on Nisan 15.)

Jn 19:31 The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
(NOTE: The next day was a High Sabbath - the 1st day of Unleavened Bread (Nisan 15), which is always a Sabbath regardless of weekday.

Key Clarifications

Nisan 14 is always the Day of Preparation for the Seder. It is treated as a Sabbath even when it does not fall on the weekly Sabbath.

Jesus is removed from the cross before sunset (6–7 pm), before Nisan 15 begins.
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Junotheservant said:

This is not in Leviticus 23rd chapter pay attention to what scripture you are quoting please. The very fact you are paraphrasing a verse instead of writing what it actually states makes it seems like you don't care to edify anyone. This is referring to Exodus the 12th chapter and LORD did not say Nisan in this chapter. He called the first month Abib and he did not say this in Exodus 12.

This is false

Passover ended 2nd of April. Passover only last for one day. We are now in the Feast of Unleavened Bread.

This is also not true. Passover is for everyone and does not have a specific meaning to a specific people. Whosoever eats the bread( body) and drinks the wine (blood) will be delivered from death (2nd death assuming they endure until the end). It holds the same meaning towards all people. Passover is Christ 1st step of redeeming man (everyone) from sin. He is covering our sins because everyone is a sinner. Therefore when he SEES the blood he will PASSOVER our sins.

This is indeed true

You are contradicting yourself. Passover is to be held on the 14th day of Abib. Not every week.

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I made a few small tweaks to the post, I hope they meet your satisfaction. We're simply in disagreement on a couple of your observation

You wrote: “Passover is for everyone… whoever eats the bread and drinks the wine will be delivered from the 2nd death assuming they endure until the end…”

Here's where Scripture itself draws a different line.

Passover's meaning is universal. Passover's meal is covenant-restricted. Ex 12 says so plainly. The Lord's Supper follows the same pattern. Passover teaches substitution, not probation. The blood saves. Endurance proves.

You treat endurance as the cause of life, but Scripture treats endurance as the evidence of life.

Once Christ baptizes a believer into the New Covenant sealings them with the Holy Spirit, they are secure, this action is not probationary. The seal is God's guarantee, not our performance.

Junotheservant said:

When I said it is for everyone I mean anyone who is willing can take part in it, I accept your point on that since I didn't clarify.

To address your point of endurance. I am simply dealing with what the LORD said.

Matthew 24: 13
13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

I will tell you like I tell everyone. I take it for what it said, Jesus said this not me. You can take the Passover this year and decide to walk away from Christ and die in your sin. This is a spiritual war and if you give up and die before changing your mind then it's over. So I always like to pray LORD help me survive another day. You are free to believe you are saved now but I will roll with my Savior said.

Well Passover is a Memorial, not a Sabbath day. You were correct the first time. This day is a memorial and a preparation of high day which is the 1st day of unleavened bread.

What does between the evenings mean?

What do you mean by Paid in Full? The scripture never stated anything is paid in full. Where did that Tetelestai word came from? I don't think I saw that word written in this book.

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Nisan 14 is always the Day of Preparation, because the Passover lamb is killed on the 14th ""between the evenings"" (Ex 12:6) & the meal is eaten that night, which is already the 15th (Ex 12:8). Lev 23:6-7 makes the 15th the 1st day of Unleavened Bread & a holy convocation where no work is done-a High Sabbath-which is exactly why John records, ""that sabbath day was an high day"" (John 19:31).

Rabbi Levi Yitzchak's explains: in sacrificial law, the night after a sacrifice is counted as part of the same sacrificial day (Lev 7:15), so although the Passover meal is eaten on the night of the 15th, it is halachically treated as the continuation of the 14th.

This matches Temple practice, where ""between the evenings"" was the fixed window from the sun's decline to sunset-about 3 pm=when the lambs were slain & when Jesus dies at that same 9th hour, He cries tetelestai (Jn 19:30), the exact Greek term stamped on 1st century receipts meaning ""paid in full,"" signifying a completed act with ongoing results.

The entire biblical & historical timeline aligns perfectly: the lamb is killed on Nisan 14, the meal is eaten that night (sacrificially still the 14th), the High Sabbath begins at sundown on the 15th & Christ fulfills every detail as the true Passover Lamb.

Contest is always key

Matt 24:13 "But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved".

Matt 24 is not written to, nor does it directly apply to, the New Testament Body of Christ. The verse is routinely lifted out of its setting & misapplied as a personal salvation condition for Christians. But when we apply Myles Coverdale’s interpretive grid—of whom, to whom, at what time, under what covenant, with what intent, and in what circumstances—the meaning becomes unmistakably clear.

Myles Coverdale, Bible theologian/translator he wrote the Coverdale Bible

Who is speaking?
Jesus, ministering under the Mosaic Law (Gal 4:4 & Rom 15:8), before the cross, before the resurrection, before Pentecost & before the formation of the Body of Christ.

Context: Jesus is sitting speaking privately to his still under Mosaic law Jewish disciples. This is day 3 of passion week. The Holy Spirit has yet to be given, therefore, no Body of Christ/Christian exist.

Context: What is Jesus speaking about? Verse 3 the end of the age. NOT the end of your life?

Context: Verses 4-13 The prophecy here parallels the END TIME seal judgments:

Matt 24: Vs 5 - Rev 6:2 false Christs, Vs 6 - Rev 6:3-4 war, Vs 7 - Rev: 5-6, Famine, Vs 6-7 - Rev 6:7-8 death, Vs 9-13 - Rev 6:6-11 Martyrdom

Matt 24:14 the gospel of the kingdom 100% Jewish, tied to the promised Davidic kingdom (Matt 4:17). Quote: "and then shall the end come". The end of the age & not one's life!

Vs 15 references Daniel & the abomination of desolation

Vs 16 let those where? in Judea! NO gentiles or NT Church Believer' addressed anywhere in this chapter!

Vs 21 great tribulation. In your life? No! Vs 27 Christ returns. Vs 29 After the tribulation of those days, NOT your life!

Context: Matt 24 Jesus is speaking to "Jews only about Israel's Future" Foretelling the tribulation period to come. BTW the tribulation is referred to as JACOB'S/ISRAEL TROUBLE. Jeremiah 30:7

When reading Vs 13, he who endures to the end. One must take from scripture via context. Not adding to scripture one's own non-contextual, doctrinal narrative.

Example:
Matt 10:5 These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:

Ok, Jesus tells his disciples DON'T go to gentiles. Should we broad brush this statement Jesus made here & apply it to the Church today? If your answer is yes, then ALL gentiles are forever lost! We can't broadly paint the future Body of Christ into Matt 10 or Matt 24.

All scripture was written for us. Not all scripture is written to us.

Romans 15:4 (A) whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning
(NOTE: But NOT all scripture is written for our doctrine. Example: Are NT Christians required to bring an animal sacrifice to the Temple?)

Junotheservant said:

The Passover is on the 14th day and the 1st of unleavened bread 1st night is on the 15th day that's two different dates entirely.

Exodus 12: 21 - 22
21 Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families, and kill the passover.

22 And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning.

Deuteronomy 16: 1 - 2
1 Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the Lord thy God: for in the month of Abib the Lord thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.

2 Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the Lord thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the Lord shall choose to place his name there.

God brought Israel out of Egypt by night. He couldn't bring them out until after Passover. On Passover they had to stay at home, the very next day that is when they left. Unleavened bread is after Passover they are not the same date.

Number 33: 2 - 3
2 And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of the Lord: and these are their journeys according to their goings out.

3 And they departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the morrow after the passover the children of Israel went out with an high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians.

Leviticus 23: 5 - 6
5 In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the Lord's passover.

6 And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the Lord: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread.

The scriptures clearly show they are not on the same day. Throw that bad teaching in the garbage.

Well this is also a false statement. Being saved is a change in body not a change in mind. You have to be an immortal to be considered saved because the righteous can change his or her mind and the same goes for the wicked. Whoever endures until the end (When Jesus gets here or dies in faith) gets the prize.

Umm excuse me? The body of Christ was formed waaay back in the wilderness.

Acts 7: 38
38 This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:

The holy spirit was with the church in the wilderness the only time the holy spirit was not present was when Christ was here in the flesh.

If you learn all of this from some Rabbi, he lied to you. First of all Jesus told you not to call any man Rabbi, don't give no man flattering titles they are not interested in your salvation because this is entirely false.

He said those be Judea because the Jewish people are going to build a temple and the Pope is going to go right into it. Everyone needs to flee because a time of great tribulation shall occur. Many righteous people will stop serving God which is why you need to tie this in with what is written in the book of Daniel.

It is called Jacob's trouble because Hebrew Israelites are no longer in the land of Jerusalem. The Jewish people are occupying the land and GOD knows it because GOD was the one who removed the true Jews out of the land. They will have nowhere to run to once the Great tribulation starts.

Again this is misinformation. God told them not to go to Gentiles because Israel was dumb. God's light was to shine through Israel to the Gentiles but because they had no knowledge of God he couldn't use them. God needed his priest to get some knowledge 1st and he could use them to bring the Gentiles to him for example Paul. Paul was just a murderer who persecuted the church of GOD once he got some knowledge of God, then God used him to teach the Gentiles. The oracles of God still belong to Israel until this day so if you were not taught by an Israelite that would explain you lack of understanding of basic things.

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Acts 7:38’s ""church in the wilderness-NO GENTILES HERE"" refers only to the Mosaic covenant assembly of Israel & does NOT the Holy‑Spirit‑formed Body of Christ, because the wilderness congregation possessed none of the Holy Spirit‑given offices that define the New Testament Church: no pastors, no elders/overseers/bishops, no deacons (Phil 1:1; 1 Tim 3:1–13; Titus 1:5; Eph 4:11), all of which require the risen Christ's ascension gifts & the indwelling Holy Spirit. John 7:39 makes this chronological boundary explicit: ""the Holy Ghost was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified,"" meaning the Holy Spirit‑baptized Body of Christ (1 Cor 12:13) could not exist before the resurrection, ascension & outpouring of the Holy Spirit.

The New Covenant itself begins at Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit is poured out on believing Jews (ONLY) in Acts 2:1–4, fulfilling Jeremiah 31:31–34 & inaugurating the covenant community. But the Body of Christ begins when the Holy Spirit falls on Gentiles in Acts 10:44 & Peter testifies God GAVE the Gentiles the Holy Spirit ""as on us at the beginning"" (Acts 11:15), marking the moment when Jew & Gentile are made ""one new man"" (Eph 2:14–16) & baptized by God the Holy Spirit into ""one body"" (1 Cor 12:13). This is why the idea that Gentiles must be taught by Israelites has no biblical basis. Paul never teaches ethnic dependence for spiritual understanding. Instead, Jesus Himself declares that the Holy Spirit is the Teacher: ""He shall teach you all things"" (John 14:26) & Paul affirms that the Spirit enables believers to ""know the things that are freely given to us of God"" (1 Cor 2:10–12). Therefore Matthew 24, spoken before the cross, before Pentecost, before the Holy Spirit was given & before the Body of Christ existed-addresses Jews about Israel's future, not the New Testament Church.

Junotheservant said:

Interesting, you seem confident that no Gentiles were there.

Exodus 12: 29 - 33, 38, 43 - 49
29 And it came to pass, that at midnight the Lord smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.

30 And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was not a house where there was not one dead.

31 And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, and get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel; and go, serve the Lord, as ye have said.

32 Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; and bless me also.

33 And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We be all dead men.

38 And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle. (It said a mix multitude so people saw the God of Israel works and joined the chucrch. That's what any sensible believer would do, Gentiles were always included in salvation)

43 And the Lord said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof: (1 Kings 8: 41 defines a stranger. So Gentiles are strangers)

44 But every man's servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof. (Anyone who does what Israel is doing is apart of the covenant. God is not a respecter of persons)

45 A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof.

46 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.

47 All the congregation of Israel shall keep it.

48 And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the passover to the Lord, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land: for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof.

49 One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you. (This is clear and you highlighted this earlier. Be consistent. The church started in the wilderness and strangers were among Israel. Just like how America and many first world countries are famous today so was Egypt during those days. You can't boldly proclaim no Gentiles were present in that mix multitude. Again God has always made provision for anyone on the outside to come in. The church was and is still Israel, if you want anything from God you get it from Israel).

Matthew 15: 22 - 26
22 And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil. (so this woman is clearly not an Israelite so she is by definition a stranger)

23 But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us. (How could Jesus ignore this woman?

24 But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. (Israel is lost because they know not God, therefore they can't bring anyone to God. If the people of God are lost then so is everyone else. Jesus was trying to bring knowledge back to his church that started in wilderness)

25 Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.

26 But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs. (It's kind rough to be called a dog, the children's bread is the word of God. The children of Israel needs this bread to give to everyone else as prophesied in Isaiah 49: 6. In fact Paul talked about this as well. Once Israelites preach the gospel to them they get the holy ghost as well. If the doctrine did not come from the true children of Israel then all you got taught were lies in the name of the Lord).

27 And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table. (This woman (stranger) acknowledge that if she is to get the word she needs to get it from the children of Israel. Unfortunately most Christians are unaware of this because their blind pastors have taught them lies. Now look at what Jesus is going to say to her as a result of this)

28 Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour. (Her faith is great and God healed her daughter because she understood who the church is and anyone who doesn't understand this has small faith/no faith. Never forget that Israel is GOD's name and if it be the name of GOD anyone who joins the church of Israel becomes GOD's children, therefore their name will also become Israel).

Now to address your claims on the holy ghost. You are again in error my friend. The spirit of Christ was in the prophets and they to had the holy ghost.

1 Peter 1: 11 - 12
10 Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you: (yes the prophets prophesied about Jesus dying in the midst of the week (Passover and being raised again the 3rd day). The blood of Jesus is the grace we are all under so we do need to kill no lambs like they did for sin)

11 Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow. (your point is now in the grave. Moses, Isaiah, Jeremiah and all the Prophets had the spirit of Christ in them. They preached the uncut word of God.)

12 Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.

It said the spirit of Christ was in the prophets. The holy ghost was sent to them just like the apostles. They had strangers among Israel so Moses and the prophets taught strangers the LAW. In fact Moses was married to a woman who was not an Israelite and Aaron and his sisters took issue with it.

Isaiah 63: 9 - 10
9 In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.

10 But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.

HUH?? What's the holy spirit doing here in the old testament? The prophets had it and Israel rebelled against it. They have always done this and they did it to Stephen in the book of Acts when they stoned him to death.

No, the new covenant began IMMEDIATELY when Jesus died on the cross. No one was to sacrifice any animals at that point. Israel (the apostles) did not understand this. Remember they were ignorant and God had to teach them first after they were learned now God can use his people to bring salvation to Gentiles as seen in Acts 10.

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Exodus 19:8 marks the moment when the people of Israel corporately accept the Mosaic Covenant (“All that the LORD has spoken we will do”). This is the covenant‑ratification point that binds Israel as a nation to Yahweh under the Sinai Law. At this moment, the “mixed multitude” (Ex 12:38) does not become Israel; only those who enter the covenant through circumcision and covenant obedience are counted as Israel (Ex 12:43–49). Therefore, the covenant people at Sinai are Israel alone — not Gentiles, not the Church, and not the Body of Christ.

Acts 7:38’s “church in the wilderness—NO GENTILES HERE” refers only to Israel’s Mosaic‑covenant assembly and not the Holy‑Spirit‑formed Body of Christ, because that wilderness congregation possessed none of the Spirit‑given offices that define the NT Church—no pastors, elders, overseers, or deacons (Phil 1:1; 1 Tim 3:1–13; Titus 1:5; Eph 4:11)—all of which require the risen Christ’s ascension gifts and the indwelling Spirit. Jesus sets the chronological boundary: “the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified” (John 7:39), meaning the Spirit‑baptized Body of Christ (1 Cor 12:13) cannot exist before the resurrection, ascension, and Pentecost outpouring. The New Covenant itself begins at Pentecost when the Spirit is poured out on believing Jews only (Acts 2:1–4), fulfilling Jeremiah 31:31–34 and inaugurating the covenant community. But the Body of Christ begins when the Spirit falls on Gentiles in Acts 10:44, and Peter testifies that God gave the Gentiles the Spirit “as on us at the beginning” (Acts 11:15), marking the moment Jew and Gentile become “one new man” (Eph 2:14–16) and are baptized by the Spirit into “one body” (1 Cor 12:13). This is why the idea that Gentiles must be taught by Israelites has no biblical basis: Jesus declares that the Holy Spirit is the Teacher (John 14:26), and Paul affirms that the Spirit enables believers to “know the things freely given to us by God” (1 Cor 2:10–12). Therefore Matthew 24—spoken before the cross, before Pentecost, before the Spirit was given, and before the Body of Christ existed—addresses Israel’s future, not the New Testament Church.

Semper-Fi said:

The Hebrew calendar originally used/mentioned in the bible, only four months named.
After the Babylonian captivity, the Jews adopted the Babylonian calendar,month names.
They used these names for liturgical and administrative purposes. Not given/authored by God.

Abib (first month) – changed to Nisan
Ziv (זִו) – second month, meaning “brightness” or “splendor” (1 Kings 6:1) – changed to Iyyar
Ethanim (אֵתָנִים) – seventh month, meaning “steady flowings” – changed to Tishrei
Bul (בּוּל) – eighth month, possibly “produce” or “rain” – changed to Cheshvan

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The existence of other pre-exilic month names (Ziv, Ethanim, Bul) is not in dispute & they are irrelevant to the point. The Torah calls the first month Abib. After the exile, the same first month is called Nisan (Neh 2:1, Est 3:7). The shift from Abib > Nisan is simply the post-exilic adoption of Babylonian month names. It does not change the identity of the month, only the terminology.