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Mark 14:16

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So the disciples left and went into the city, where they found everything as Jesus had described. And they prepared the Passover.

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ASV

And the disciples went forth, and came into the city, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover.

KJV

And his disciples went forth, and came into the city, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover.

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This verse in Mark 14

Commentary

6 notes on this verse
In these verses, Mark tells us how our Lord was delivered into the hands of His enemies. It came to pass through the treachery of one of His own twelve disciples. The false apostle, Judas Iscariot, betrayed Him. We ought to mark, firstly, in this passage, to what lengths a man may go in a false profession of religion . It is impossible to conceive a more striking proof of this painful truth, than the history of Judas Iscariot.

This site's exposition

say to the owner

on Mark 14:14-16

The owner shows them a large upper room, furnished and ready, so an unnamed householder in Jerusalem already stood with Jesus. The disciples found everything as Jesus had described.

This site's exposition

found everything as Jesus had described

Bede takes the exact match between the word and the event as a sign of divinity. In Barnes's note on verse 12, preparing meant obtaining the lamb, roasting it and setting out the usual dishes.

The record, by era

The Medieval Church1 voice

A commentator

Bede

Catena Aurea by Aquinas · Written before 735.

proposed

(ubi sup.) And it is a proof of the presence of His divinity, that in speaking with His disciples, He knows what is to take place elsewhere; wherefore it follows, And his disciples went forth, and came into the city, and found as he had said unto them; and they made ready the Passover.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And his disciples went forth,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

In these verses, Mark tells us how our Lord was delivered into the hands of His enemies. It came to pass through the treachery of one of His own twelve disciples. The false apostle, Judas Iscariot, betrayed Him. We ought to mark, firstly, in this passage, to what lengths a man may go in a false profession of religion . It is impossible to conceive a more striking proof of this painful truth, than the history of Judas Iscariot. If ever there was a man who at one time looked like a true disciple of Christ, and bade fair to reach heaven, that man was Judas. He was chosen by the Lord Jesus Himself to be an apostle. He was privileged to be a companion of the Messiah, and an eye-witness of His mighty works, throughout His earthly ministry. He was an associate of Peter, James and John. He was sent forth to preach the kingdom of God, and to work miracles in Christ's name. He was regarded by all the eleven apostles as one of themselves. He was so like his fellow disciples, that they did not suspect him of being a traitor. And yet this very man turns out at last a false-hearted child of the devil — departs entirely from the faith — assists our Lord's deadliest enemies, and leaves the world with a worse reputation than any one since the days of Cain. Never was there such a fall, such an apostasy, such a miserable end to a fair beginning — such a total eclipse of a soul! And how can this amazing conduct of Judas be accounted for? There is only one answer to that question. "The love of money" was the cause of this unhappy man's ruin. That same groveling covetousness, which enslaved the heart of Balaam, and brought on Gehazi a leprosy, was the destruction of Iscariot's soul. No other explanation of his behavior will satisfy the plain statements of Scripture. His act was an act of base covetousness, without a redeeming feature about it.

How the passage was read

On Mark 14:12-26

On Mark 14:12-26

The meal on the table

Mark dates the meal precisely: “when they sacrificed the Passover lamb.” Passover (Pesach) was then a Temple feast: the lamb slain in the courts that afternoon, eaten that night with unleavened bread (matzah) and wine, in a room inside Jerusalem, in company: exactly the arrangements the disciples are sent to make. The hymn sung on the way out (14:26) would by long custom have been from the Hallel, Psalms 113–118, the Passover psalms: which means “the stone the builders rejected” (Psalm 118:22) was likely on His lips that night.

This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.

Sources: Mishnah Pesachim 10 (the meal's order) · Psalm 118:22 (the Hallel's rejected stone)

The words behind it

18 Greek words

Every Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

5 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

John 16:4But I have told you these things so that when their hour comes, you will remember that I told you about them. I did not tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you.2 worksLuke 22:13So they went and found it just as Jesus had told them. And they prepared the Passover.2 worksEzekiel 12:7So I did as I was commanded. I brought out my bags for exile by day, and in the evening I dug through the wall by hand. I took my belongings out at dusk, carrying them on my shoulder as they watched.2 worksLuke 22:35Then Jesus asked them, “When I sent you out without purse or bag or sandals, did you lack anything?” “Nothing,” they answered.1 works1 Samuel 10:9As Saul turned to leave Samuel, God changed Saul’s heart, and all the signs came to pass that day.1 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    John 16:4

    But I have told you these things so that when their hour comes, you will remember that I told you about them. I did not tell you these things from the beginning, because I…

    it leads to

    • John 14:29

      And now I have told you before it happens, so that when it does happen, you will believe.

    • Mark 13:23

      So be on your guard; I have told you everything in advance.

    • John 13:19

      I am telling you now before it happens, so that when it comes to pass, you will believe that I am He.

    • John 17:12–13

      While I was with them, I protected and preserved them by Your name, the name You gave Me. Not one of them has been lost, except the son of destruction, so that the Scripture…

    • Matthew 9:15

      Jesus replied, “How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while He is with them? But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.

  • Through

    Luke 22:35

    Then Jesus asked them, “When I sent you out without purse or bag or sandals, did you lack anything?” “Nothing,” they answered.

    it leads to

    • Matthew 10:9–10

      Do not carry any gold or silver or copper in your belts.

    • Luke 10:4

      Carry no purse or bag or sandals. Do not greet anyone along the road.

    • Psalms 37:3

      Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.

Where this verse is studied

About Mark

The Judas Kiss — Gustave Doré (engraving), public domain
The Judas Kiss — Gustave Doré (engraving), public domain
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Bede, Catena Aurea by Aquinas; J. C. Ryle, Expository Thoughts on the Gospels, Mark; J.C. Ryle, Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Mark (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition); John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748).

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