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.
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