# From Church History on the Mystery of the Eucharist

> In short, we find that the scholars most versed in the Hebrew tradition, and all the Coptic Fathers and the Popes in general, speak of Christ as the true Passover who…

*2018-04-05T12:29:00Z*

![“In short, we find that the scholars most versed in the Hebrew tradition, and all the Coptic Fathers and the Popes in general, speak of Christ as the true Passover who was slain for us, and that He took the place of the old, symbolic Passover so exactly that it covered every feature, even the outward and therefore the historical, on the ground that Christ was slain precisely at the time of the Jewish Passover. So the Mystical Supper was instituted before the Passover, and the meal was therefore the meal of the day before the Passover.” — Fr. Matthew the Poor, The Eucharist: The Lord’s Supper, p. 179](/uploads/sites/1274e232-e31c-46f4-a48b-27b854406479/media/evidence-368d32e2-297d-4969-82b8-402c2a0de60e-en-square.png?w=1080&h=1080)

### Fr. Matthew the Poor says in “The Eucharist: The Lord’s Supper”, p. 179:

In short, we find that the scholars most versed in the Hebrew tradition, and all the Coptic Fathers and the Popes in general, speak of Christ as the true Passover who was slain for us, and that He took the place of the old, symbolic Passover so exactly that it covered every feature, even the outward and therefore the historical, on the ground that Christ was slain precisely at the time of the Jewish Passover. So the Mystical Supper was instituted before the Passover, and the meal was therefore the meal of the day before the Passover.

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*Originally published on the Orthodox Heritage Initiative (مبادرة التراث الأرثوذكسي), 5 April 2018.*

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Source: https://abba.fadymondy.com/en/blog/matthew-the-poor-on-the-mystical-supper