There is a teaching going around that when the High Priest finished the final Passover sacrifice, he would say ‘it is finished’, and that this was at the same time as Jesus’ final words.
While a Jewish understanding of the Passover offers us many rich insights into the final hours of Jesus on earth, there is no record in Jewish writings or tradition of the High Priest having this custom. For more details see https://ffoz.org/discover/passover/messianic-mythology-and-passover.html
FFOZ are by the way a very very good resource for deep diving into the Jewish background of the NT.
Enoch Lavender was born in Australia, raised in Norway, spent time living in China and is now based in Melbourne, Australia. He has been studying Hebrew and the Jewish roots of our faith for the past decade, and has a keen interest in the Middle East from a Bible prophecy perspective.
