Question re:1 Cor 5:8

On an Anglican site I read the following:

Some believe that the Last Supper was a seder, but there is much evidence that it could not have been a seder, and was just a communal meal occurring close to the approach of the passover celebration. Many think that Passover seders should discouraged in Anglican churches because Anglicans are an Easter people who celebrate the passover from death into life at the great Easter Vigil. Others believe that Christians should hold seders, thinking that this was Paul's intent with the words 1 Corinthians 5:8: Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened [bread] of sincerity and truth.

However, I ran the following search (Passover, Seder) WITHIN {Milestone <1 Cor 5:8>} and found several hits but none that interpreted Paul as encouraging the celebration of the seder meal. Anyone know of a source that does or a better search to find one?

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Jack Hairston

By now you might have run the simpler basic search that I tried:

Everything for Passover NEAR "last supper"

Under "library results" I got 701 hits. (Your mileage will vary.)

In addition I found these internet articles that you might find interesting. Note that each comes from a different perspective.

MJ. Smith

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/812217#Comment_812217

Thank you - I found the internet articles interesting. But what I am looking for is something that specifically uses 1 Cor 5:8 as the quote states it is used to justify the Christian "seder meal".

Schumitinu

I have not found a single reference indicating that Paul could have meant for us to celebrate the seder meal. I came across this in the UBS Handbook on 1 Corinthians and liked it (emphasis added):

An alternative way of restructuring 5:8 is: “When we celebrate our Passover, let us not do it with malice and evil, which are like bread made with yeast, but rather use sincerity and truthfulness, which are like unleavened bread.”

Ellingworth, P., Hatton, H., & Ellingworth, P. (1995). A handbook on Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians (p. 117). New York: United Bible Societies.