The word in Scripture

Passover in the Bible

The word passover appears 76 times in the King James Version of the Bible. The Passover remembered God's deliverance when the lamb's blood was applied. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What passover means in the Bible

The Passover remembered God's deliverance when the lamb's blood was applied.

Where the word passover appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word passover appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified.”Matthew 26:2

“And his disciples went forth, and came into the city, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover.”Mark 14:16

“Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover.”Luke 2:41

“And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer:”Luke 22:15

“And the Jews’ passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.”John 11:55

“Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.”John 12:1

“Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:”1 Corinthians 5:7

“Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.”Hebrews 11:28