Did Jesus celebrate Passover using leavened bread?
Yes, of course. That is prescribed for Passover celebration, and Jesus was a practicing Jew, though with revolutionary insights. In Exodus 12:15, when God said, “Get out of Egypt because I’m going to take you out; you can leave now,” He said, “I want you to have a feast and I want the bread to be unleavened.” Now, I’m not a baker, but I know a little bit about unleavened bread. Leavened bread is bread and unleavened bread is crackers—that’s about as close a parallel as you’re going to get. It’s flat. Now, in those days, Israel normally ate leavened bread. They ate bread that was rising. There was nothing wrong with that. But, unleavened bread was enjoined upon them because they were in a hurry. God was saying, “Make the bread of haste because you’ve got to get out of here. Don’t take the time to let your bread rise! Bake it, cook it, eat it—you’re going to leave” and that was what was done at Passover. So, in the memorial to the Passover in Egypt when they made their bread in haste and
