Exodus 12:5 (WEB)
Your lamb shall be without defect, a male a year old. You shall take it from the sheep or from the goats.
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 · 3
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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Athanasius of Alexandria
“…not to forget the time that was at hand, in which no longer should the bullock of the herd be a sacrifice to God, nor the ram of the flock, nor the he-goat, but all these things should be fulfilled in a purely spiritual manner, and by constant prayer, and upright conversation, with godly words; as David sings,…” — editor's note: Exod. xii. 5.
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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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