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But even in these nights God does not leave his people without help, for in Eden we read, "The seed of the woman shall bruise the serpent's head"; while in the flood behold the Ark; and in the Passover night we see the blood of the Paschal lamb sprinkled upon the lintels of the door. There are different mornings mentioned in the Scriptures, and as a rule we find them in the New Testament.
And his disciples went out, and came into the city, and found as he had spoken to them; and they made ready the passover. And when it was evening he came with the twelve. And as they sat at table, and were eating, Jesus said, Verily I tell you, That one of you, who is eating with me, shall betray me.
As the dove returned to the ark, as the swallow returns to the lands of the spring, as the tide returns to the sands, as the stars 'Yes, yes, I know, said David; 'but where is there room in Palestine for the Russian Jews? 'Where was there room in the Temple for the millions who came up at Passover? retorted Herr Cantberg crushingly. The telephone here interposed, offering the furs cheaper.
I often thought that as Jerusalem was besieged by the Romans when the Jews were assembled together to celebrate the Passover by which means an incredible number of people were surprised there who would otherwise have been in other countries so the plague entered London when an incredible increase of people had happened occasionally, by the particular circumstances above-named.
The law forbidding the Hebrews exacting usury of their brethren, of the stranger who had accepted their faith and kept the passover, of the stranger, sojourner who dwelt among them, of everybody except the Canaanite who was under the condemnation of God, could not have been annulled or suspended by the divine Master who thus draws together and embraces as one family the whole race.
And they said unto Him, Where wilt thou that we prepare? 10. And He said unto them, Behold, when ye are entered into the city, there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water; follow him into the house where he entereth in. 11. And ye shall say unto the goodman of the house, The Master saith unto thee, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with My disciples? 12.
Wherefore 'the body' and 'the blood' separately remembered, except to indicate death by violence? Wherefore the language 'the body broken for you'; 'the blood shed for many for the remission of sins? Wherefore the association with the Passover sacrifice?
And so every Friday, heedless of scoffing on-lookers, Mendel Hyams kissed the stones of the Wailing Place, bedewing their barrenness with tears; and every year at Passover, until he was gathered to his fathers, he continued to pray: "Next year in Jerusalem!" "Ah, the Men-of-the-Earth!" said Pinchas to Reb Shemuel, "ignorant fanatics, how shall a movement prosper in their hands?
Then he greeted them in silence with a low bow and sat down, just opposite John, who was at the Master's right hand, while Peter sat at His left. There was solemn silence. Their first Passover in Jerusalem! Jesus took one of the unleavened cakes, broke it, and laid the pieces down. James divided the lamb into thirteen portions.
He wondered vaguely what his father would say to him when the service was over. He had only come in during the second part, arriving from Vienna with his usual unquestioned unexpectedness, and was quite startled to find it was Passover night, and that the immemorial service was going on just as when he was a boy.