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Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 22:7-38

Jesus Advances To The Guest-chamber (22:7-38). It is no coincidence that near the beginning of Luke’s Gospel there was no room for Jesus in the ‘kataluma’ (Luke 2:7 - place to stay, guestchamber), but now that He is to be offered up, such a room (kataluma) is to be made available for Him (Luke 22:11-12 below). He is advancing, from the manger to the cross. He is coming towards the fulfilment of His lifework, and in this guestchamber He will participate in His last Passover which will be for... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 22:14-38

Crisis Point Is Reached In The Guestchamber (22:14-38). In this passage we have described what occurred in the Guestchamber. This divides up into five sections. Overall Analysis. a Jesus manifests the danger that lies before Him, the suffering that He is to face, and the fact of His coming death, providing the symbol of what its significance will be for His disciples in the light of the fact that the Kingly Rule of God is coming (Luke 22:14-20). b Jesus reveals the hand of a betrayer,... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 22:21

“But behold, the hand of him who betrays me is with me on the table.” There are few ideas that chill the blood more than that of ‘treachery’ and ‘betrayal’. All knew of the growing enmity of outsiders against Jesus, and now He was telling them that one of them, one of the chosen twelve, would betray him. It must have seemed unbelievable. And that such a person should be sitting at the table eating with them demonstrated how deep must be his unscrupulousness. For to the Easterner to eat with... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 22:21-23

The Warning of Betrayal (22:21-23). Connected with His important words to do with the bread and the wine Jesus declares that among those who have received the bread and wine is one who will betray Him. Here was the second element in His suffering, that as He sat and watched, Judas had eaten the bread and drunk the wine. It must have almost broken His heart. But His words would run like an electric shock through the gathered disciples. And they would look from one to another wondering who it... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 22:22

“For the Son of man indeed goes, as it has been determined, but woe to that man through whom he is betrayed!” These words are undoubtedly an appeal to Judas to consider what he was doing. Let him recognise that what he was doing, he was doing to ‘the Son of Man’ Who would shortly be approaching the throne of glory (Daniel 7:13-14). He was being warned that he was in danger of betraying God’s Chosen One and committing the unforgivable sin. He was deliberately hardening his heart in such a way... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 22:22-24

‘And when the days of their purification according to the law of Moses were fulfilled, they brought him up to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord, as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every male which opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord”, and to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, “A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons”.’ . According to the law of Moses every firstborn male of Israel belonged to God for the purpose of service in... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 22:23

‘And they began to question among themselves, which of them it was who would do this thing.’ Such a statement as Jesus had made could only cause surprise and concern. And yet it seems that they were sufficiently aware of their own weakness to recognise that it could be true, although they may well have thought at the time that He meant betray Him accidentally. Otherwise we would have expected a vociferous denial. But the eyewitness remembered the discussions well, and commented on them. It had... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 22:21-23

Luke 22:21-Isaiah : . Jesus Reveals the Treachery ( Mark 14:18-Ecclesiastes : *, Matthew 26:21-Lamentations : *). Luke 22:21 . The word translated “ but” is one frequently used by Lk. as a transition particle; there is no close connexion with the preceding verse. Luke 22:22 . Cf. Mark 14:21; the change from “ as it. is written” to “ as it hath been determined” is perhaps due to Lk.’ s inability to find an OT prediction. read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Luke 22:15-23

See Poole on "Matthew 26:20", and following verses to Matthew 26:30, where is opened whatsoever Luke hath that is not in the other evangelists. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Luke 22:21-38

CRITICAL NOTESLuke 22:21. Him that betrayeth.—If the order of events be here given, it is clear that Judas partook of the last supper.Luke 22:22. Determined.—Fixed by the counsel of God (cf. Acts 2:23; Acts 4:27-28; Revelation 13:8).Luke 22:24. A strife among them.—Perhaps this is related out of its order, and is to be understood as having occurred at the beginning of the supper, when Christ practically rebuked it by washing the disciples’ feet (John 13:4 ff.), to which action He here alludes... read more

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