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Re: The Sabbath Day, Should You Keep or not Keep?
Sorry, in too much of a hurry to leave.
Quickly, There is a discrepancy concerning the day of Passover, and, everything hinges on when Passover was celebrated that year. Jesus celebrated it the day before the Jews. This was most likely because, as it happened sometimes, the Sanhedrin got the start of the new month wrong (in this case a day late). So, they were a day off, which still works out for the Lamb of God. That is, he died about the time the High Priests were killing the Passover lamb at the temple.
Anyway, this is why Luke's account was somewhat different than the other writers concerning terms like "the passover" and "the passover of the Jews", etc. He was 'lookin back" from a distance of several years more than the other writers.
Also remember that Passover (Pesach) changes from year to year, which changes "Easter" and Pentecost (Shavo'ut). This year we celebrated all of these events a full month too early!
So, there are a lot of unknowns that enter into this equation. When I return, perhaps we can have a thread on the Jewish Lunar Calendar, Holidays and Celebrations. Although there is at least one other who might like to present such a study.
Shalom Aleichem
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