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He said to them, "Behold, when you have entered into the city, a man carrying a pitcher of water will meet you. Follow him into the house which he enters.
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Human Poverty, Divine Power
Commentators like Charles Spurgeon see a profound contrast in this moment. In his humanity, Jesus is so poor he doesn't have a room for the Passover. Yet, in his divinity, he demonstrates complete foreknowledge and authority, arranging a room with a simple command. All the resources of Jerusalem were ultimately his to command as 'The Master.'
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When you are entered (εισελθοντων υμων). Genitive absolute.
Meet you (συναντησε υμιν). An old verb συναντα…
19th Century
Anglican
A man . . . bearing a pitcher of water.—The signal is one of the details common to St. Mark and St. Luke. (See Note on Ma…
Baptist
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…
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Luke now sharpens his chronology, clearly stating it was the day of sacrifice—normally Nisan 14. The actual Passover meal was celebrated after sund…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he said to them, behold Giving them a sign, whereby they should know the very house, where he would keep the passover…
Presbyterian
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…
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