Charles Spurgeon Commentary Luke 22:7-8

"And the day of unleavened bread came, on which the passover must be sacrificed. And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and make ready for us the passover, that we may eat." — Luke 22:7-8 (ASV)

Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must be killed. And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare us the passover, that we may eat.

Notice how carefully our Lord respected the ordinances of that dispensation as long as it lasted. The passover was an essential rite of the Jewish faith, and our Lord therefore duly observed it. Learn from this, dear brothers and sisters, to esteem very highly the ordinances of God's house; let baptism and the Lord's supper keep their proper places.

You do them serious injury if you lift them out of their right places, and try to make saving ordinances of them; but, in avoiding that evil, do not fall into the opposite error of neglecting them. What Christ has ordained, it is for his people to maintain with care until he comes again; and if he kept up the passover even when, in himself, it was already on the point of being fulfilled, let us keep up the ordinances which he has instructed us. If any of you have neglected either of them, let me remind you of his gracious words, Thus it becometh us to fulfill all righteousness, and This do ye, in remembrance of me.