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   There is a connection between the Crucifiction of the Messiah and 

Passover.  The Crucifiction was brought about by the errant 

teachings of the Sadducees and Pharisees — the Jewish religious leaders 

at that time.  They interpreted Scripture, the Torah, in such a way as 

to justify their Crucifiction of the Messiah.  The claim and allegation of 

Christianity, of course, is that they errantly interpreted Scripture, 

and that "sinful" (=errant, wrong) interpretation of Scripture lead to a 

"sinful" (=errant, wrong) act.  I understand that the Messiah poetically 

called these errant interpretations of the Sadducees and Pharisees 

"leaven":

Mt 16:6,11-12

Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of 

the Pharisees and of the Sadducees… How is it that ye do not 

understand that I spake [it] not to you concerning bread, that ye should 

beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?  Then 

understood they how that he bade [them] not beware of the leaven of 

bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees

.

This reference to "leaven" further connects to Passover, the 

Feast of Un-leavened Bread, when the Jews are 

forbidden to eat leaven:

Exodus 12:15

Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. On the first day you 

shall remove leaven out of your houses, for if anyone eats what is 

leavened, from the first day until the seventh day, that person shall 

be cut off from Israel. 

Is there a connection here?

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Bismarck Senior Member Joined: 01 March 2006 Online Status: Offline Posts: 284	Topic: Beware the Leaven of the Pharisees Posted: 25 August 2007 at 3:48pm
	There is a connection between the Crucifiction of the Messiah and Passover. The Crucifiction was brought about by the errant teachings of the Sadducees and Pharisees — the Jewish religious leaders at that time. They interpreted Scripture, the Torah, in such a way as to justify their Crucifiction of the Messiah. The claim and allegation of Christianity, of course, is that they errantly interpreted Scripture, and that "sinful" (=errant, wrong) interpretation of Scripture lead to a "sinful" (=errant, wrong) act. I understand that the Messiah poetically called these errant interpretations of the Sadducees and Pharisees "leaven": Mt 16:6,11-12 Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees… How is it that ye do not understand that I spake [it] not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees? Then understood they how that he bade [them] not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees . This reference to "leaven" further connects to Passover, the Feast of Un-leavened Bread, when the Jews are forbidden to eat leaven: Exodus 12:15 Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. On the first day you shall remove leaven out of your houses, for if anyone eats what is leavened, from the first day until the seventh day, that person shall be cut off from Israel. Is there a connection here?
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