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The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 22:15

And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer . This peculiar expression, "with desire," etc., is evidently a reproduction by St. Luke of the Lord's very words repeated to him originally in Aramaic (Hebrew), They seem to be a touching apology or explanation from him to his own, for thus anticipating the regular Passover Supper by twenty-four hours. He had been longing with an intense longing to keep this last Passover with them: First as... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 22:15-16

The Passion, from two standpoints. I. As IT LOOKED TO OUR LORD WHEN HE WAS APPROACHING IT . It was to him a terrible trial, which he was eager to reach and pass through. "With desire he desired" the time to arrive when he should suffer and should complete his work. He did not wish to escape it; he was not looking about for an alternative; he knew that he could not save himself if he would save the world; and he longed for the trial-time to come and to be passed. Here... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 22:14

When the hour was come - The hour of eating the paschal lamb, which was in the evening. See the notes at Matthew 26:20. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 22:15

With desire I have desired - This is a Hebrew form of expression, and means “I have greatly desired.” The reasons why he desired this we may suppose to have been:That, as he was about to leave them, he was desirous once of seeing them together, and of partaking with them of one of the religious privileges of the Jewish dispensation. Jesus was “man” as well as God, and he never undervalued the religious rites of his country, or the blessings of social and religious contact; and there is no... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 22:14-18

Luke 22:14-18 . When the hour was come, &c. When the evening approached, Jesus left Bethany; and every thing being prepared by the time he came into the city, they all sat down at the appointed hour. And he said, With desire I have desired That is, I have earnestly desired it. He desired it, both for the sake of his disciples, to whom he desired to manifest himself further, at this solemn parting; and for the sake of his whole church, that he might institute the grand memorial of his... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Luke 22:14-20

142. The Lord’s Supper instituted (Matthew 26:26-30; Mark 14:22-26; Luke 22:14-20)By the time of Jesus, the Jewish Passover had developed into a set form with a number of added procedures. Among the additions was a cup of wine, for which the head of the household offered a prayer of thanks (or blessing; cf. 1 Corinthians 10:16). He filled this cup and passed it among the participants, both before and after the eating of unleavened bread. The participants also sang a collection of psalms known... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 22:14

And when, &c. Compare Matthew 26:20 . Mark 14:17 . was come = had come to pass: i.e. had arrived. sat down (Greek. anapipto) = reclined. apostles . This is supplementary. Matthew and Mark have "the twelve" only. with. Greek. sun. App-104 . Not the same word as in verses: Luke 22:22 , Luke 22:59; Luke 22:59 ; but the same as in Luke 22:56 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 22:15

unto . Greek. pros. App-104 . With desire I have desired = I have earnestly desired. Figure of speech Polyptoton ( App-6 ). See note on Gcn. Luk 26:28 . this passover . Not the eating of the Lamb, but the Chagigah or feast which preceded it = this [as) a Pass-over. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 22:14

And when the hour was come, he sat down, and the apostles with him. And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer; for I say unto you, I shall not eat it until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God.I shall not eat it ...Brook and Burkitt (Journal of Theological Studies, July, 1908, pp. 569ff) have maintained, and others have oft-repeated it since, that these words indicate that the Saviour did not celebrate the Passover and only had a strong... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 22:15

Luke 22:15. With desire I have desired— This is a Hebraism, signifying a very fervent and longing desire: "I have longed greatly," said he, "to eat this passover with you before I suffer, because it is the last I shall ever celebrate with you, and because I desire, before my death, to give you the strongest proofs of my love." The proofs that he had in view were, his setting them pattern of humility and love, by washing their feet;—his instructing them in the nature of his death, as a... read more

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