When the hour came, Jesus and his apostles reclined at the table. And he said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.

The major Jewish holiday of Passover begins Saturday ... God asked the Jews to offer a lamb or goat and smear its blood on their doorposts as a way to show that their house was Jewish.

Passover is a celebration of the story of Exodus ... God told Moses that the Israelites should mark their doorposts with lamb's blood so that the angel of death could 'pass over' their houses ...

Jews from all around the world are preparing for the annual, week-long holiday of Passover, or Pesach, as it is known in ...