Even though he sent two disciples to prepare the Passover meal, the Last Supper was not actually a Passover meal. No lamb meat was roasted and consumed at the Last Supper, since the lambs would not be sacrificed until the following day. But the True and Spotless Lamb, “who takes away the sin of the world” (John 1:29), presided over that supper and gave himself to his disciples at that first Holy Communion.
