And he sendeth forth two of his disciples ,.... Peter and John, as appears from Luke 22:8 ; and saith unto them, go ye into the city ; the city of Jerusalem; for there only the passover might be eaten, Deuteronomy 26:2 ; and there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water ; a servant of the master of the house that was sent for water, to mix with the wine, at the passover: follow him ; into the house to which he goes. read more
And wheresoever he shall go in ,.... Into whatsoever house he shall enter, go in after him: and say ye to the good man of the house ; the owner, and master of it, who might be Nicodemus, or Joseph of Arimathea, or some man of note and wealth in Jerusalem, that might have some knowledge of Christ, and faith in him, though he did not openly profess him; since by only saying what follows, he would at once, as he did, direct them to a suitable and convenient room; the master saith . The... read more
And he will show you a large upper room ,.... A room in the highest part of the house, large enough for such a company, for thirteen persons, which was the number of Christ and his disciples: furnished and prepared ; with a table, and a sufficient number of couches to sit, or lie upon, and with all proper vessels necessary on such an occasion: there make ready for us ; the passover. read more
And his disciples went forth ,.... The two disciples, as the Arabic version has it, Peter and John, set out from Bethany to Jerusalem directly: and came into the city ; the city of Jerusalem: and found as he had said unto them ; a man bearing a pitcher of water, whom they followed to the house he went into, and addressed the master of the house, as Jesus had bid them; when he showed them an upper room, very commodious and fit for the purpose, as Christ had said; and which is a... read more
And in the evening he cometh with the twelve. In the afternoon, as it is very reasonable to suppose, Christ set out from Bethany with the rest of the twelve, with the other nine, and came to Jerusalem; where they were joined by Judas, who had covenanted with the chief priests to betray him, and by Peter and John, who had been sent before to prepare the passover; and when it was night, when the second evening had took place, he went with all twelve of them to the house, where the provision to... read more
And as they sat and did eat ,.... Or "as they lay along"; for such was their posture at the eating of the passover; See Gill on Matthew 26:20 , Jesus said, verily I say unto you, one of you which eateth with me shall betray me ; See Gill on Matthew 26:21 . read more
And they began to be sorrowful ,.... And were so, all but Judas, at this saying of Christ's: and to say unto him, one by one ; even till it came to Judas himself, is it I? that shall betray thee; and another said, is it I? This clause is wanting in the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Arabic, Persic, and Ethiopic versions, and in two of Beza's copies; and indeed seems to be redundant, since the disciples are said before to express themselves in this manner, one by one; See Gill on Matthew... read more
And he answered and said unto them ,.... In order to relieve their minds, and point out the particular person: it is one of the twelve, that dippeth with me in the dish ; just at that very instant; See Gill on Matthew 26:23 . read more
The son of man indeed goeth ,.... Out of this world by death, as it is written ; both in the book of God's decrees, and in the Scriptures of the Old Testament; but woe to that man by whom the son of man is betrayed ! whose sin will not be excused, nor lessened by fulfilling the decrees of God, and by accomplishing the prophecies of the Bible: good were it for that man if he had never been born ; so aggravating will be his crime, so dreadful his punishment; See Gill on Matthew... read more
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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 14:12
And the first day of unleavened bread ,.... Being come, which was the fourteenth of Nisan: when they killed the passover ; that is, "the Jews", as the Syriac and Persic versions supply; for any Israelite, that not a priest, might slay it: their canon runs thus F24 Misn. Pesachim, c. 5. sect. 6. , "an Israelite kills (the passover), and a priest receives (the blood), and gives it to his neighbour, and his neighbour to his neighbour, and he receives (the basin) full, and returns it... read more