Matthew 26:17-30 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Matthew 26:17-25

We have here an account of Christ's keeping the passover. Being made under the law, he submitted to all the ordinances of it, and to this among the rest; it was kept in remembrance of Israel's deliverance out of Egypt, the birth-day of that people; it was a tradition of the Jews, that in the days of the Messiah they should be redeemed on the very day of their coming out of Egypt; and it was exactly fulfilled, for Christ died the day after the passover, in which day they began their march. I.... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Matthew 26:26-30

We have here the institution of the great gospel ordinance of the Lord's supper, which was received of the Lord. Observe, I. The time when it was instituted?as they were eating. At the latter end of the passover-supper, before the table was drawn, because, as a feast upon a sacrifice, it was to come in the room of that ordinance. Christ is to us the Passover-sacrifice by which atonement is made (1 Cor. 5:7); Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us. This ordinance is to us the passover-supper,... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Matthew 26:17-19

As we took together the passages which tell the story of Judas so now we take the passages which tell the story of the Last Supper. The Ancestral Feast ( Matthew 26:17-19 ) 26:17-19 On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus. "Where," they said, "do you wish that we should make the necessary preparations for you to eat the Passover?" He said, "Go into the city to such and such a man, and say to him, 'The Teacher says, my time is near. I will keep the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 26:17

Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread ,.... There were seven of these days, and this was the first of them, in which the Jews might not eat leavened bread, from the fourteenth, to the twenty first of the month Nisan; in commemoration of their being thrust out of Egypt, in so much haste, that they had not time to leaven the dough, which was in their kneading troughs: wherefore, according to their canons F3 Misn. Pesach. c. 1. sect, 1. Maimon. Chametz Umetzah, c. 2. sect. 3,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 26:18

And he said, go into the city to such a man ,.... That is, to such a man in the city of Jerusalem, for, as yet, they were in Bethany, or at the Mount of Olives however, without the city; he does not mention the man's name, but describes him, as Mark and Luke say, and tells them, "there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water; follow him into the house, where he entereth in", Mark 14:13 ; who seems to be not the master of the house, but a servant, that was sent on such an errand.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 26:19

And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them ,.... They went into the city of Jerusalem; they met the man carrying a pitcher of water home; they followed him into the house he entered; they addressed the master of the house, in the manner Christ directed, who showed them a large upper room, prepared with all proper furniture for such an occasion, as Christ had foretold: and they made ready the passover ; they went and bought a lamb; they carried it to the temple to be slain in the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 26:20

Now when the even was come ,.... The second evening, when the sun was set, and it was dark, and properly night; for "on the evenings of the passovers near the Minchah, a man might not eat עד שתחשך , "until it was dark" F16 Ib. c. 10. sect. 1. .' This was according to the rule, Exodus 12:8 , he sat down with the twelve , his twelve disciples; so the Vulgate Latin, and all the Oriental versions, and Munster's Hebrew Gospel; and which also adds, "at table"; even all the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 26:21

And as they did eat ,.... The passover lamb, the unleavened bread, and bitter herbs: he said it was usual, whilst they were thus engaged, to discourse much about the reason and design of this institution. What they talked of may be learnt from what follows F25 Maimon. ib. c. 7. sect. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Vid. c. 8. 2, 3, 4, 5. & Haggadah Shel. Pesach. p. 5, 6, 7, 8. : "it is an affirmative precept of the law, to declare the signs and wonders which were done to our fathers in Egypt, on... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 26:22

And they were exceeding sorrowful ,.... Partly that Christ should be betrayed at all, into the hands of his enemies, by whom they knew he would be ill used; and partly, that so vile an action should be done, by one from among themselves; and greatly, because they knew not, nor could not conceive, who of them could be guilty of such an horrid sin: and began everyone of them to say unto him, Lord, is it I ? excepting Judas, who afterwards spoke for himself. This they said, though conscious... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 26:23

And he answered and said ,.... In order to make them easy, and point out the betrayer to them, he that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me . This seems to refer to the dipping of the unleavened bread, or bitter herbs, both, into the sauce called "Charoseth", which the Jews F26 Bartenora in Misn. Pesach. c. 10. sect. 3. Vid. Maimon. & Yom Tob, in ib. & Piske Tos. Pesach. art. 322. say, "was made of figs, nuts, almonds, and other fruits; to which... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Matthew 26:17-25

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Matthew 26:26-30

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Matthew 26:17-19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 26:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 26:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 26:19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 26:20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 26:21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 26:22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 26:23

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