And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; [and] with bitter [herbs] they shall eat it.
Ver. 8. In that night.] By candle light. So must we feed upon Christ, lumine supernaturali. "By his knowledge doth God's righteous servant justify many." Isa 53:11
Roast withfire.] Not raw: we may not grossly conceive of Christ, nor rashly receive him. Not boiled, but roast: to show that Christ was roasted in the fire of his Father's wrath: et sicut tostis cibariis non adhibentur alia, ut in elixis fieri consuevlt: ira solum Christum debemus apprehendere fide, saith an interpreter. a
And unleavened bread,] See Trapp on " 1Co 5:7 " See Trapp on " 1Co 5:8 "
And with bitter herbs.] To teach that, "looking upon Christ whom they have pierced," men must be "in bitterness," Zec 12:10 and feel what "an evil and bitter thing sin is," Jer 2:19 being ready to suffer hardship with Christ, though he should feed us to the full with bitter herbs, and "make us drunken with wormwood." Lam 3:15
a Alsted.