Exodus 12:6

“And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month, etc.] In their houses; this may denote the preservation of Christ in his infancy, and to the appointed time of his sufferings and death; and it is remarkable, that on this very day, the tenth of Nisan, four days before the passover, and so as many days before his sufferings and death, he made his entry into Jerusalem, near to which he was to be offered up, (<431201>John 12:1,12): and the whole assembly of the congregation shall kill it in the evening; that is, of the fourteenth of Nisan; not between the two suns, as the Targum of Jonathan, between the sun setting and the sun rising; nor between the setting of the sun, and…”

“keep it up until the fourteenth day, &c.--Being selected from the rest of the flock, it was to be separated four days before sacrifice; and for the same length of time was Christ under examination and His spotless innocence declared before the world. kill it in the evening--that is, the interval between the sun's beginning to decline, and sunset, corresponding to our three o'clock in the afternoon.”

“Until the fourteenth day - It should be observed that the offering of our Lord on the self-same day is an important point in determining the typical character of the transaction. A remarkable passage in the Talmud says: “It was a famous and old opinion among the ancient Jews that the day of the new year which was the beginning of the Israelites’ deliverance out of Egypt should in future time be the beginning of the redemption by the Messiah.” In the evening - The Hebrew has between the two evenings. The meaning of the expression is disputed. The most probable explanation is that it includes the time from afternoon, or early eventide, until sunset. This accords with the ancient custom of the…”

“12:6 the whole assembly of the community: Both the benefits and the responsibility of a relationship with God are realized in community.”

“fourteenth: Lev 23:5; Num 9:3, Num 28:16, Num 28:18; Deu 16:1-6; Ch2 30:15; Eze 45:21 the whole: Ch2 30:15-18; Isa 53:6; Mat 27:20, Mat 27:25; Mar 15:1, Mar 15:8, Mar 15:11, Mar 15:25, Mar 15:33, Mar 15:34; Luk 23:1, Luk 23:18; Act 2:23, Act 3:14, Act 4:27 in the evening: Heb. between the two evenings, The Jews divided the day into morning and evening. till the sun passed the meridian, all was morning or forenoon; after that, all was evening or afternoon. Their first evening began just after twelve o'clock, and continued till sunset; their second evening began at sunset, and continued till night, i.e., during the whole time of twilight; between twelve o'clock, therefore, and the termination…”