His Work as a Sacrifice 1 Corinthians 5:7: “Our Passover lamb [τὸ πάσχα, to pascha] has been sacrificed [ἐτύθη, etythē]—even Christ.” (See Mark 14:12; Luke 22:7 for parallel usage of the same verb root [θύω, thuō] in connection with the Passover lamb.) Ephesians 5:2: “Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as … a sacrifice [θυσίαν, thysian] to God.” Hebrews 9:23: “It was necessary, then, for … the heavenly things themselves [to be purified] with better sacrifices [θυσίαις, thysiais]