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Concerning the Jewish passover we have once and again spoken in our notes on the other evangelists. The institution of it was Exo_12:1-51. It was to be solemnized yearly in the place which the Lord should choose, according to the law, Deu_16:6. Christ, though he was not naturally subject to the law, yet to fulfil all righteousness, and to redeem his people from the curse of the law, Gal_4:5, kept the passover yearly, taking also advantage from the conflux of the people to Jerusalem at that time, to make himself and his doctrine more known. None of the other evangelists make mention of more than one passover between the time of Christ’s baptism and death: John plainly mentions three, one here, another in Joh_6:4, the last, Joh_18:39; and some think that he mentions another, though more obscurely, Joh_5:1. Our Lord was at them all.