The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocrypha: New Revised Standard Version

by Michael D. Coogan

In the Gospel of John, Jesus is the Lamb of God crucified on the day before Passover, the same day that the Passover lambs are slaughtered. In the Synoptic Gospels, the Last Supper is a Passover meal that is transformed into a Eucharistic meal.