2 Chronicles, 35

23. And there he was wounded by the archers, and he said to his servants: Carry me out of the battle, for I am grievously wounded.

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2 Chronicles 35 narrates the celebration of Easter by King Josiah and the people of Judah. The chapter describes how Josiah instructed the priests to prepare the Paschal Lamb and the realization of the religious ceremony. Then the chapter reports Josiah's death in battle against Pharaoh Neco.

Deuteronomy 16:1: "Celebrate the month of Abibe and keep the Easter to the Lord your God; for in the month of Abibe the Lord your God took you out of Egypt at night." This verse establishes the divine order for the celebration of Easter, emphasizing the importance of honoring the event that marked the liberation of the Hebrew people from Egypt.

Exodus 12:14: "And this day shall be to you by memory, and you will celebrate it by feast to the Lord; in your generations you shall celebrate him by perpetual status." In this verse, God commands the celebration of Easter to be observed from generation to generation as a feast in honor of the liberation of the Hebrew people.

Leviticus 23:5-6: "In the first month, to the fourteen of the month, in the afternoon, it is the Easter of the Lord. And on the fifteen days of this month is the feast of the Ázmos bread of the Lord; seven days you will eat bread." This verse establishes the date of the celebration of Easter and the Feast of the Azimos, which were observed by the Jews as part of their religious tradition.

1 Corinthians 5:7: "Purify you, therefore, from the old leaven, that you may be a new mass, just as you are without yeast. For Christ, our Easter, has been sacrificed by us." This verse makes a connection between the Jewish Easter and the sacrifice of Christ on the cross, highlighting the importance of purification and renewal for the followers of Christ.

John 19:36: "For this happened to fulfill the Scripture, which says, None of his bones will be broken." This verse is a reference to the Paschal Lamb, which was a kind of sacrifice that symbolized the redemption of the Hebrew people. Through Christ's sacrifice, the promise of redemption is fulfilled.