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The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 14:10-52

Betrayal. We now approach the darkest of all the dark hours through which our Redeemer passed in this world, so overcast with clouds. "The Son of man is betrayed into the hands of men." It was by "one of the twelve," and "unto the chief priests," and for "money I. What lessons on THE FRAILTY OF THE POOR HUMAN HEART ! The hand that received "the sop," that dipped into the same dish with Jesus, received into its hardened palm the miserable pittance—a slave's price. Ah! even... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 14:12

And on the first day of unleavened bread, when they sacrificed the passover, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and make ready that thou mayest eat the passover ? The first day of unleavened bread would begin on the evening of the Thursday (the 14th day of the month Nisan). Where wilt thou that we prepare ? They do not inquire in what city or town. The Passover could not be sacrificed anywhere but in Jerusalem. The question was in what house it was to be prepared. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 14:12

The Passover. The Passover was by far the most important of the Jewish feasts. The disciples of our Lord were sure that he, who ever fulfilled the righteousness of the Law, would not fail to observe it. Their reminder of what they supposed he had forgotten, but which really was the subject of far profounder thought with him than they could fathom, immediately led to the remarkable incidents which are here recorded—the strange provision of the feast by a secret disciple, and the spiritual... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 14:12-16

Preparing for the Passover. The festival of "unleavened cakes," or "unleavened bread," commenced on the night of the 14th of Abib or Nisan ( Exodus 12:16 ) after sunset; that day, corresponding to our 16th of March, was therefore popularly called the first of the festival, because it was the preparation day for it. This preparation of the Passover, i.e. the killing of the lamb, etc., had to take place between three and six o'clock, the ninth and twelfth hours of the solar day.... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 14:12-21

The Paschal supper. I. THE DUTIFUL MIND IS THE CLEAR - SEEING AND THE PREPARED MIND . What struck the evangelists was the calm foresight and method of Jesus. It was like the strategy of a general; the presence of mind of one who holds the clue to events, because he knows the moral sequence. On another occasion "Jesus himself knew what he would do." Here the disciples "found even as he told them." So generally, "everything will be found as Jesus has declared." II.... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 14:12-25

Parallel passages: Matthew 26:17-19 , Matthew 26:26-29 ; Luke 22:7-13 , Luke 22:19 , Luke 22:20 ; 1 Corinthians 11:23-34 .— The old dispensation merging in the new. I. THE PASSOVER AND THE INSTITUTION OF THE SUPPER . 1 . Comparison of the records . The memorial Passover differed from the Egyptian or original Passover in several points. A still greater change is now made. The substance now takes the place of the symbol. The antitype supersedes the type.... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 14:12-26

The Paschal supper. The Lord's Supper is a distinctively Christian ordinance. Yet this record shows us that it was our Lord's design that it should be linked on to an observance with which his disciples were already familiar. He thus took advantage of a principle in human nature, and connected the associations and recollections which to the Hebrew mind were most sacred, with what was to be one of the holiest and most pathetic engagements of his people throughout all time. I. THE ... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 14:12-26

The Lord's Supper. During the process of the betrayal, the "first day of unleavened bread" came round, and "the Master," with "his disciples" in "a large upper room furnished and ready," sat and together partook of the Passover. It was the last time. The long series of observances begun in Egypt had now come to an end. Before the next year should bring round the time of the Passover, it would be "fulfilled in the kingdom of God." A deeper and wider meaning would be given to it. Another... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 14:13

And he sendeth two of his disciples . St. Luke ( Luke 22:8 ) informs us that these two were Peter and John. It is characteristic of St. Mark's Gospel throughout that Peter is never mentioned oftener than is necessary. Go into the city, and there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water . The bearing of the pitcher of water was not without its meaning. It was a solemn religious act preparatory to the Passover. This man bearing a pitcher of water was not the master or owner of the... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 14:14

The Master saith, Where is my guest-chamber ( κατύλυμα μοῦ ); literally, my lodging. read more

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