Exo 12:8 | JFB | STEP | 8. roast with fire-- for the sake of expedition; and this difference was always observed between the cooking of the paschal lamb and the other offerings ( ). unleavened bread-- also for the sake of despatch ( ), but as a kind of corruption ( ) there seems to have been a typical meaning under it ( ). bitter herbs-- literally, "bitters"--to remind the Israelites of their affliction in Egypt, and morally of the trials to which God's people are subject on account of sin.

‏ Exodus 12:8

8. roast with fire--for the sake of expedition; and this difference was always observed between the cooking of the paschal lamb and the other offerings (2Ch 35:13).

unleavened bread--also for the sake of despatch (De 16:3), but as a kind of corruption (Lu 12:1) there seems to have been a typical meaning under it (1Co 5:8).

bitter herbs--literally, "bitters"--to remind the Israelites of their affliction in Egypt, and morally of the trials to which God's people are subject on account of sin.