With desire I have desired (επιθυμια επεθυμησα). A Hebraism common in the LXX. Associative instrumental case of substantive and fi…

With desire I have desired. This is a Hebrew form of expression, and means I have greatly desired. The reasons why he desired thi…

With desire I have desired.—The peculiar mode of expressing intensity by the use of a cognate noun with the verb of actio…

Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the Passover must be killed. And He sent Peter and John, saying, "Go and prepare the Passover for u…

St. Cyril of Alexandria: As soon as the disciples had prepared the Passover, they proceeded to eat it. As it says, And whe…

Luke forges a strong link between the Passover and the concept of redemption. This passage also exhibits the strong orientation to the future that …

And he said to them
The twelve apostles, as they were eating the passover, it being usual to talk and converse much …

Christ kept the ordinances of the law, particularly that of the Passover, to teach us to observe his gospel institutions, and most of all that of t…