Pascha πάσχα

Pascha (Aramaic πάσχα, Strong's G3957) is an Aramaic noun meaning “Passover lamb”. It occurs 29 times in 27 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Topics

• Passover

Verses

Every verse with Pascha, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

• Matthew 26:2
  Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified.“You know that the Passover is two days away, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.”
• Matthew 26:17
  Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the passover?On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?”
• Matthew 26:18
  And he said, Go into the city to such a man, and say unto him, The Master saith, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at thy house with my disciples.He answered, “Go into the city to a certain man and tell him that the Teacher says, ‘My time is near. I will keep the Passover with My disciples at your house.’”
• Matthew 26:19
  And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them; and they made ready the passover.So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them and prepared the Passover.

Mark

• Mark 14:1
  After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death.Now the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread were two days away, and the chief priests and scribes were looking for a covert way to arrest Jesus and kill Him.
• Mark 14:12
  And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the passover, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare that thou mayest eat the passover?On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed, Jesus’ disciples asked Him, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?”
• Mark 14:14
  And wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to the goodman of the house, The Master saith, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples?and whichever house he enters, say to the owner, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is My guest room, where I may eat the Passover with My disciples?’
• Mark 14:16
  And his disciples went forth, and came into the city, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover.So the disciples left and went into the city, where they found everything as Jesus had described. And they prepared the Passover.

Luke

• Luke 2:41
  Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover.Every year His parents went to Jerusalem for the Feast of the Passover.
• Luke 22:1
  Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover.Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread, called the Passover, was approaching,
• Luke 22:7
  Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must be killed.Then came the day of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed.
• Luke 22:8
  And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare us the passover, that we may eat.Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and prepare for us to eat the Passover.”
• Luke 22:11
  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?and say to the owner of that house, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with My disciples?’
• Luke 22:13
  And they went, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover.So they went and found it just as Jesus had told them. And they prepared the Passover.
• Luke 22:15
  And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer:And He said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before My suffering.

John

• John 2:13
  And the Jews’ passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem,When the Jewish Passover was near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
• John 2:23
  Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did.While He was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many people saw the signs He was doing and believed in His name.
• John 6:4
  And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh.Now the Jewish Feast of the Passover was near.
• John 11:55
  And the Jews’ passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.Now the Jewish Passover was near, and many people went up from the country to Jerusalem to purify themselves before the Passover.
• John 12:1
  Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, the hometown of Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.
• John 13:1
  Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.It was now just before the Passover Feast, and Jesus knew that His hour had come to leave this world and return to the Father. Having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the very end.
• John 18:28
  Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover.Then they led Jesus away from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. By now it was early morning, and the Jews did not enter the Praetorium, to avoid being defiled and unable to eat the Passover.
• John 18:39
  But ye have a custom, that I should release unto you one at the passover: will ye therefore that I release unto you the King of the Jews?But it is your custom that I release to you one prisoner at the Passover. So then, do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?”
• John 19:14
  And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!It was the day of Preparation for the Passover, about the sixth hour. And Pilate said to the Jews, “Here is your King!”

Acts

• Acts 12:4
  And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.He arrested him and put him in prison, handing him over to be guarded by four squads of four soldiers each. Herod intended to bring him out to the people after the Passover.

1 Corinthians

• 1 Corinthians 5:7
  Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:Get rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.

Hebrews

• Hebrews 11:28
  Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch Israel’s own firstborn.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).