alliance with Egypt in opposition to the counsels of Jeremiah (20:4-6). He
was carried captive to Babylon, and died there.
(2.) A priest sent by king Zedekiah to Jeremiah to inquire of the Lord (1
Chronicles 24:9; Jeremiah 21:1; 38:1-6). He advised that the prophet
should be put to death.
(3.) The father of Gedaliah. He was probably the same as (1).
- PASSAGE denotes in Joshua 22:11, as is generally understood, the place
where the children of Israel passed over Jordan. The words “the passage
of” are, however, more correctly rendered “by the side of,” or “at the other
side of,” thus designating the position of the great altar erected by the
eastern tribes on their return home. This word also designates the fords of
the Jordan to the south of the Sea of Galilee (Judges 12:5, 6), and a pass or
rocky defile (1 Samuel 13:23; 14:4). “Passages” in Jeremiah 22:20 is in the
Revised Version more correctly “Abarim” (q.v.), a proper name. - PASSION Only once found, in Acts 1:3, meaning suffering, referring to
the sufferings of our Lord. - PASSOVER the name given to the chief of the three great historical
annual festivals of the Jews. It was kept in remembrance of the Lord’s
passing over the houses of the Israelites (Exodus 12:13) when the first
born of all the Egyptians were destroyed. It is called also the “feast of
unleavened bread” (Exodus 23:15; Mark 14:1; Acts 12:3), because during
its celebration no leavened bread was to be eaten or even kept in the
household (Exodus 12:15). The word afterwards came to denote the lamb
that was slain at the feast (Mark 14:12-14; 1 Corinthians 5:7).
A detailed account of the institution of this feast is given in Exodus 12 and
- It was afterwards incorporated in the ceremonial law (Leviticus 23:4-8)
as one of the great festivals of the nation. In after times many changes
seem to have taken place as to the mode of its celebration as compared
with its first celebration (comp. Deuteronomy 16:2, 5, 6; 2 Chronicles
30:16; Leviticus 23:10-14; Numbers 9:10, 11; 28:16-24). Again, the use of
wine (Luke 22:17, 20), of sauce with the bitter herbs (John 13:26), and the
service of praise were introduced.
There is recorded only one celebration of this feast between the Exodus
and the entrance into Canaan, namely, that mentioned in Numbers 9:5. (See
JOSIAH.) It was primarily a commemorative ordinance, reminding the