For Jesus, this was the Last Supper. He met with his family and friends to eat the unleavened bread - what the Hebrews ate when they were running from the Egyptions - and to give thanks to God for saving them from slavery and death, for giving them the Law, and for bringing them to the Land of Israel.
It was important because i said so.
As all good Jews would, Jesus would not have missed Passover.
Passover fell on a Friday when Jesus died.
Jesus was the one who started the passover. The passover was a feast that Jesus wanted to have with his disciples (followers) before his death. That's why it is also called the Last Supper.
It is a generally accepted fact that Jesus ate passover supper with his disciples.
Jesus?
Yes he did. The Last Supper was a Passover Seder.
Jesus?
Passover existed before the Last Supper, so Jesus did not institute it at the Last Supper. He was celebrating the Passover and instituted the Eucharist at the Last Supper.
The Passover.
To celebrate Passover.
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