Exodus 12:3 (WEB)
Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying, ‘On the tenth day of this month, they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to their fathers’ houses, a lamb for a household;
Catechism · 1
“By doing so, he reveals that Jesus is at the same time the suffering Servant who silently allows himself to be led to the slaughter and who bears the sin of the multitudes, and also the Paschal Lamb, the symbol of Israel's redemption at the first Passover.” — Catechism footnote: Is 53:7, 12; cf. Jer 11:19; Ex 12:3-14; Jn 19:36; 1 Cor 5:7.
Fathers and councils · 5
Tertullian
“…to eat this solemn sacrifice of this day (that is, of the passover of unleavened bread) with bitterness;” and added that “it was the passover of the Lord,” that is, the passion of Christ.” — editor's note: See Ex. xii. 1–11.
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John Chrysostom
““Take ye a lamb for an house, and kill it, and do as he commanded and ordained.” ( Ex. xii. 3.)” — the author cites it
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Ephrem the Syrian
“It was twelve days since it had gone up, and to-day is the thirteenth day: a type exact of the Son’s birth and of His Twelve.” — editor's note: Exod. xii. 3.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- Rabanus MaurusCatena Aurea on Matthew
“For on the tenth day of the first month, the lamb that was to be sacrificed for the passover was to be taken into the house, [marg. note: Ex 12:3] because on the same day of the same month, that is, five days before the passover, the Lord was to enter the city in which He was to suffer.” — the author cites it
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Cyprian of Carthage
“But thus ye shall eat it; your loins girt, and your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hands; and ye shall eat it in haste: for it is the Lord’s passover.”” — editor's note: Ex. xii. 3–12.
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Cross-references · 14
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Exodus 12:3 and Numbers 13:26 share the same wording (9 words).
Exodus 12:3 and Numbers 34:14 share the same wording (10 words).
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Cited together in Nineteen Hymns on the Nativity of Christ in the Flesh Hymn 4.
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