This year, Good Friday and the start of Passover occur on the same date: Friday, April 3. The coincidence is no accident.
Jesusâ?? pilgrimage to Jerusalem to celebrate the eight-day Jewish festival marking the Hebrew slavesâ?? exodus from Egyptian slavery was a religious requirement for Jews of his day. After his death by Roman crucifixion, Passover became an integral part of the Easter story, and Jesusâ?? Last Supper was like an early version of what later became the Passover seder meal.
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