Although Jewish commentators who deny that Jesus is the Messiah will say "no," the New Testament’s teaching says "yes.”.
For example, in 1 Corinthians 5:7, Christ is specifically called “our Passover, sacrificed for us.”.
The first Passover involved the sacrifice of a lamb without blemish in order to redeem the Israelites from God’s judgment on the Egyptians and from Egypt itself. Subsequent Passovers commemorated that event.
Jesus is described in 1 Peter in similar terms when Peter says that followers of Jesus are redeemed “with the precious blood of Messiah as of a lamb without