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Passover in the Christian tradition



The Passover is significant in Christian theology because according to the Synoptic Gospels, the Last Supper was the Passover meal eaten on the 15th of Nisan and Jesus was arrested that night and crucified the following afternoon (the Gospel of John puts the events a day earlier). While there is much debate among Christian theologians over whether Jesus’ Passion and crucifixion could have occurred on a Jewish Holy Day, traditionally the Last Supper has been viewed by the Christian church as the Passover Seder and, correspondingly, the institution of the Holy Eucharist — one of the two major sacraments in the Christian tradition — commemorated by Christians on Maundy Thursday.



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