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Now on the first day of unleavened bread, the disciples came to Jesus, saying to him, "Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?"
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The King Without a Home
Commentators highlight a profound paradox: Jesus, the King, is homeless and must ask to borrow a room. Yet, He demonstrates divine authority by simply sending His disciples to a man who immediately provides one. This reveals that even in His deepest humiliation, Jesus possessed sovereign control over human hearts, a power He still wields today.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The first day, etc. The feast continued eight days, including the day on which the paschal lamb was killed and eaten ([Reference Exodus 12…
To eat the passover (φαγειν το πασχα). There were two feasts rolled into one, the passover feast and the feast of unleavened bread…
19th Century
Anglican
The first day of the feast of unleavened bread—St. Mark and St. Luke, writing for Gentile readers, add the explanation that this w…
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Baptist
How truly royal was Jesus of Nazareth even in His humiliation! He had no home of His own where He could “Keep the passover” with His disciples. He …
Toward midafternoon of Thursday, 14 Nisan (see comment on Mk 14:1–2), the lambs (one per “household”—a convenient group of perhaps ten or twelve pe…
16th Century
Protestant
Now on the first day of unleavened bread, the disciples came to Jesus. The first question is, why does the day that preceded the sacrifici…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread There were seven of these days, and this was the first of them, i…
Observe, the place for their eating the Passover was pointed out by Christ to the disciples. He knows those hidden ones who favour his cause, and w…
13th Century
Catholic
Next, the Evangelist deals with the institution of the Blessed Sacrament. Because the new sacraments take the place of the old ones, as it is said,…
