Weegy: The breaking of the unleavened bread during the Passover ritual provides an additional and extremely important principle. [ Since it is part of the annual ceremony, we need to be reminded at least once a year that the true Bread from heaven, which we must eat in order to live, was also broken for us. First, how was Christ's body "broken"? John writes that the soldiers broke the legs of the two criminals crucified at Jesus ' side, to hasten their deaths before the annual Sabbath—the First Day of Unleavened Bread (John 19:31-32). But Jesus' death resulted, among other horrible wounds, from the tip of a soldier's spear puncturing His side and spilling His blood on the earth (verses 33-34; see Zechariah 12:10). Not a bone was broken in Jesus' body, as was prophesied (verses 35-37; see Exodus 12:46; Psalm 34:20). Christ's body was "broken," not by the breaking of His bones, but by the breaking of His skin. Besides the spear that pierced His side and the metal spikes that nailed His wrists and feet to the stake, He was subjected to a most severe beating or whipping. This latter torture, foretold in Isaiah 52:14, made Him nearly unrecognizable. His body bore a multitude of welts, skin lacerations, and open wounds, spilling His blood over all His body. Read more: ] (More)