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Luke 22:8-13

Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and prepare the Passover for us, that we may eat.”

They said to him, “Where do you want us to prepare?”

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. Tell the master of the house, ‘The Teacher says to you, “Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?” ’ He will show you a large, furnished upper room. Make preparations there.”

They went, found things as Jesus had told them, and they prepared the Passover.

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Now the feast of unleavened bread, which is called the Passover, was approaching. The chief priests and the scribes sought how they might put him to death, for they feared the people. Satan entered into Judas, who was also called Iscariot, who was counted with the twelve. He went away, and talked with the chief priests and captains about how he might deliver him to them. They were glad, and agreed to give him money. He consented, and sought an opportunity to deliver him to them in the absence of the multitude. The day of unleavened bread came, on which the Passover must be sacrificed. Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and prepare the Passover for us, that we may eat.”

They said to him, “Where do you want us to prepare?”

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. Tell the master of the house, ‘The Teacher says to you, “Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?” ’ He will show you a large, furnished upper room. Make preparations there.”

They went, found things as Jesus had told them, and they prepared the Passover. When the hour had come, he sat down with the twelve apostles. He said to them, “I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer, for I tell you, I will no longer by any means eat of it until it is fulfilled in God’s Kingdom.” He received a cup, and when he had given thanks, he said, “Take this, and share it among yourselves, for I tell you, I will not drink at all again from the fruit of the vine, until God’s Kingdom comes.”

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Parallel Translations

  • WEB World English Bible

    Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and prepare the Passover for us, that we may eat.”

    They said to him, “Where do you want us to prepare?”

    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.

    Tell the master of the house, ‘The Teacher says to you, “Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?” ’

    He will show you a large, furnished upper room. Make preparations there.”

    They went, found things as Jesus had told them, and they prepared the Passover.

  • TYNDALE Tyndale New Testament (1534)

    And he sent Peter and Iohn sayinge: Goo and prepare vs the ester lambe that we maye eate.

    They sayde to him. Where wilt thou that we prepare?

    And he sayd vnto them. Beholde when ye be entred into the cite ther shall a man mete you bearinge a pitcher of water him folowe into the same housse that he entreth in

    and saye vnto the good man of the housse. The master sayeth vnto the: where is the gest chamber where I shall eate myne ester lambe with my disciples?

    And he shall shew you a greate parloure paved. Ther make redy.

    And they went and foude as he had sayd vnto the: and made redy the ester lambe.

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  • GNV Geneva Bible (1599)

    And he sent Peter and Iohn, saying, Go and prepare vs the Passeouer, that we may eate it.

    And they saide to him, Where wilt thou, that we prepare it?

    Then he said vnto them, Beholde, when ye be entred into the citie, there shall a man meete you, bearing a pitcher of water: folowe him into the house that he entreth in,

    And say vnto the good man of the house, The Master saith vnto thee, Where is the lodging where I shall eate my Passeouer with my disciples?

    Then he shall shewe you a great hie chamber trimmed: there make it ready.

    So they went, and found as he had said vnto them, and made readie the Passeouer.

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Cross-references (29)

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  • Mark 14:13-16 (v8) He sent two of his disciples, and said to them, “Go into the city, and there you will meet a man carrying a pitcher of water. Follow him,…
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  • Matthew 21:3 (v11) If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ and immediately he will send them.”
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  • Luke 19:31 (v11) If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ say to him: ‘The Lord needs it.’ ”
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  • Luke 19:34 (v11) They said, “The Lord needs it.”
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  • John 2:25 (v12) and because he didn’t need for anyone to testify concerning man; for he himself knew what was in man.
  • Acts 3:1 (v8) Peter and John were going up into the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.
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  • Acts 4:19 (v8) But Peter and John answered them, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, judge for yourselves,
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  • Acts 20:8 (v12) There were many lights in the upper room where we were gathered together.
  • Galatians 4:4-5 (v8) But when the fullness of the time came, God sent out his Son, born to a woman, born under the law, that he might redeem those who were…
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  • John 2:5 (v13) His mother said to the servants, “Whatever he says to you, do it.”
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On v8 The lamb which was the figure of the Passover:…

The lamb which was the figure of the Passover: And this is spoken by the figure metonymy, which is very usual in the matter of the Sacraments.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.

John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv8–10 8 And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv8–13 And he sent Peter and John,.... That is, Jesus…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On v8 Verse 8. - 13. He sent Peter and John,…
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On v10 when ye are entered the city--He Himself probably stayed…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On v10 10. A man bearing a pitcher—Doubtless a servant coming…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv8, 10, 11, 12 8. he sent Peter and John] Apparently our Lord,…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv8, 10, 11 (8) He sent Peter and John.—St. Luke’s is the…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv9, 10, 12 And they said unto him, Where wilt thou that…
B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain On v9 9–13. Where wilt thou that we make ready? On…
Paul E. Kretzmann 1924 · Public Domain On v13 The Passover meal:
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv10, 12 He answered them
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv8, 10, 11 22:8 Go and prepare the Passover meal: The lamb…
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