Our Lord here points forward to his approaching death, the only true propitiation for the sins of humanity. The Jews were about to celebrate with great display the feast of the passover. The lamb to be eaten there, was a symbol of Christ’s body; yet the very person that it represented stood in their midst, presenting himself as their Saviour, whose blood would preserve them from the wrath of a sin-hating God, and they refuse his offers of mercy. {2SP 281.2}

Vor Herre henviste dem til sin død, som nærmede sig, hvilket var den eneste sande forligelse for menneskenes synder. Jøderne var i færd med at helligholde (282) påskefesten med stor pragt. Lammet, som de spiste, var et forbillede på Kristi legeme. Men den, som de afbildede, stod midt iblandt dem og fremstillede sig selv som deres frelser, hvis blod ville bevare dem fra den hellige Guds vrede; men de forkastede hans nådige tilbud.