• The Passover—Difference between the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread
• Its Peculiarities
• Special Nature of the Passover—Threefold reference of the Passover to nature, history, and grace—Time of the Passover
• Origin of the Name—Meaning of the term Pesach—Difference between the so-called 'Egyptian' and the 'Permanent Passover'
• Institution of the Passover
• Directions in the Mishnah
• Scripture Records of the Feast
• Later Celebrations
• The Preparations for the Passover
• The Custom of Modern Days
• The Three Things—The first and the second Chagigah—The 'eve of the Passover'
• Special Preparations—Search for, and removal of all leaven—What constituted leaven
• Time of its Commencement—Commencement of the feast on the forenoon of the 14th Nisan—At what hour it became duty to abstain from leaven, and how it was intimated
• Choice of the Lamb—Selection of the Paschal Lamb
• Slaying of the Lamb—At what hour it was slain—Division of the offerers into three companies—Mode of sacrificing the Paschal Lamb
• The 'Hallel'—The singing of the 'Hallel'—Why it was called the Egyptian Hallel
• Completion of the Sacrifice—How the lambs were prepared after sacrifice
• Our Lord's Celebration of the Feast—The disciples preparing the Passover for the Master.

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