COMMENTARY

Old Testament: Exodus 12:1-14
The Passover feast is inaugurated. In preparation for leaving Egypt, Yahweh instituted the Passover. Each family was to roast a sheep or goat and eat unleavened bread. The blood of the animal was to be placed on the doorposts to keep the angel of death from entering their homes. This is to be an annual feast to remind the people of God's deliverance.

Old Testament: Ezekiel 33:(1-6) 7-11
He who warns the wicked shall live.

Epistle: Romans 13:8-14
Christians are to obey state officials as servants of God and the law of love which fulfills all laws. The pericope reflects a stable political order in Paul's time. Christians are to obey state authorities, for they are servants of God appointed by God to resist and punish evildoers by the power of the …