Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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 (II Chronicles 35:13).
unleavened bread—also for the sake of despatch (Deuteronomy 16:3), but as a kind of corruption (Luke 12:1) there seems to have been a typical meaning under it (I Corinthians 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.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Exodus 12:8:
Exodus 12:1
Leviticus 6:25-28
Deuteronomy 16:7
2 Chronicles 35:13
1 Corinthians 5:7
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