Passover and Easter always arrive at the same season—this year, just days apart—and that is no accident. In fact, some of Christianity’s core ideas, images and theological convictions can be ...

Jesus was Jewish and had a Passover meal with his followers the day before his crucifixion on the Thursday before Easter Sunday. The last supper was actually a Seder, Boulouque said.

This timing ties Jesus’ zeal to consuming the Passover lamb in Exodus 12. In the original Passover, the lamb was sacrificed and eaten as a sign of covenant participation.

NPR's Linda Wertheimer talks to Professor Andrew McGowan, Dean of Berkeley Divinity School at Yale, about theological and liturgical intersections between the Easter and Passover holidays.

The Passover Seder is irreducibly a Jewish ritual. Reimagining or co-opting the Seder is not a good way for Christians to honor Jesus’ Jewish identity. The values that Jesus practices as he observes ...

In 2019, Passover and Easter converge, as they commonly do. This year, Good Friday falls on the first night of Passover, April 19, and Easter falls on the second full day of Passover on April 21.

Easter and Passover are both springtime holidays, ... Madden said there is some discussion among scholars about the Last Supper, which Christians believe was consumed by Jesus and his disciples.

Symbolically, Jesus’ martyrdom the next day dovetails perfectly with the symbol of the Passover lamb, which ancient Jews sacrificed to commemorate their redemption from slavery in Egypt.

This is also a metaphor for “The Chosen.” Filmed in Texas, the hit series on the life of Jesus will unveil “Season Five: Last Supper” in theaters starting March 28, in time for Easter ...

Passover concludes this Sunday, which is also Easter. During the religious holidays, Christian and Jewish families respectively celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ and the Israelites ...