A.T. Robertson Commentary


A.T. Robertson Commentary
"And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer:" — Luke 22:15 (ASV)
With desire I have desired (επιθυμια επεθυμησα). A Hebraism common in the LXX. Associative instrumental case of substantive and first aorist active indicative of same like a cognate accusative. Peculiar to Luke is all this verse. See this idiom in Joh 3:29; Acts 4:17.
Before I suffer (προ του με παθειν). Preposition προ with articular infinitive and accusative of general reference, "before the suffering as to me." Παθειν is second aorist active infinitive of πασχω.