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Matthew 26:19

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So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them and prepared the Passover.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And the disciples did as Jesus appointed them; and they made ready the passover.

KJV

And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them; and they made ready the passover.

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This verse in Matthew 26

Commentary

9 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jerome

Commentary on Matthew · Written before 420.

(Verse 19.) And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them, and they prepared the Passover. In another Gospel it is written (Luke 22) that they found a large upper room furnished and prepared, and there they made ready for him.

This site's exposition

prepare for You to eat

on Matthew 26:17-19

On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread the disciples ask where to prepare the Passover, the season Jesus named at verse 2. He sends them to "a certain man" with the message "My time is near," a host arranged in advance.

This site's exposition

prepared the Passover

Luke 22:8 names the two who were sent as Peter and John. Adam Clarke notes that Josephus calls the Passover a sacrifice, so the meal these two made ready centered on a sacrificial lamb. Jerome adds from Luke that they found a large upper room already furnished.

The record, by era

The Medieval Church1 voice

A commentator

Thomas Aquinas

Commentary on Matthew · Written before 1274.

proposed

Then follows the execution: and the disciples did as Jesus appointed to them etc. Similarly we read in Exodus 24:3: all the words which the Lord hath spoken, we will do.

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

They did as Jesus had appointed. Note, Those who would have Christ's presence with them in the gospel passover, must strictly observe his instructions, and do as he directs;

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

And the disciples did - The disciples that were sent on this errand were Peter and John. See Luk 22:8. They made ready the passover - That is, they provided the lamb, etc., which were appointed by the law for this solemnity. Mr. Wakefield justly observes, “that the Jews considered the passover as a sacrificial rite; Josephus calls it θυσιαν, A Sacrifice; and Trypho, in Justin Martyr, speaks of προβατον του πασχα θυειν, Sacrificing the paschal lamb.
We read, in the beginning of this passage, how our Lord Jesus Christ was betrayed into the hands of his deadly enemies. The priests and scribes, anxious to put him to death, were at a loss how to effect their purpose, for fear of an uproar among the people. At this juncture a fitting instrument for carrying out their designs offered himself to them in the person of Judas Iscariot. That false apostle undertook to deliver his Master into their hands for thirty pieces of silver.
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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew (1856)

proposed

We read, in the beginning of this passage, how our Lord Jesus Christ was betrayed into the hands of his deadly enemies. The priests and scribes, anxious to put him to death, were at a loss how to effect their purpose, for fear of an uproar among the people. At this juncture a fitting instrument for carrying out their designs offered himself to them in the person of Judas Iscariot. That false apostle undertook to deliver his Master into their hands for thirty pieces of silver. There are few blacker pages in all history than the character and conduct of Judas Iscariot: there is no more awful evidence of the wickedness of man. A poet of our own has said that “sharper than a serpent’s tooth is a thankless child”; but what shall we say of a disciple who would betray his own Master: an apostle who could sell Christ? Surely this was not the least bitter part of the cup of suffering which our Lord drank. Let us learn in the first place from these verses that a man may enjoy great privileges, and make a great religious profession, and yet his heart all the time may not be right before God. Judas Iscariot had the highest possible religious privileges. He was a chosen apostle and companion of Christ; he was an eyewitness of our Lord’s miracles and a hearer of his sermons; he saw what Abraham and Moses never saw, and heard what David and Isaiah never heard; he lived in the society of the eleven apostles; he was a fellow-laborer with Peter, James and John: but for all this his heart was never changed. He clung to one darling sin. Judas Iscariot made a reputable profession of religion: there was nothing but what was right and proper and becoming in his outward conduct. Like the other apostles, he appeared to believe and to give up all for Christ’s sake: like them, he was sent forth to preach and work miracles. No one of the eleven seems to have suspected him of hypocrisy.

How the passage was read

On Matthew 26:17-30

On Matthew 26:17-30

The meal on the table

“The first day of Unleavened Bread” places this meal at Passover (Pesach), the spring feast remembering the exodus, kept then as a lamb eaten with unleavened flatbread (matzah) and wine after the day's Temple sacrifice. The bread Jesus broke and the cup He blessed were the feast's own elements; the hymn they sang going out (26:30) would by long custom have been from the Hallel, Psalms 113–118, the psalms sung at Passover. The Last Supper is not a new ceremony dropped into history; it is the exodus meal, taken up and given its fulfillment.

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 10:5–7 (the cups and the Hallel) · The Lord's Supper (this site's study)

The words behind it

13 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

8 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.

Matthew 21:6So the disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them.2 worksExodus 12:4–8If the household is too small for a whole lamb, they are to share with the nearest neighbor based on the number of people, and apportion the lamb accordingly.2 worksJohn 15:14You are My friends if you do what I command you.2 worksJohn 2:5His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever He tells you.”2 works2 Chronicles 35:10–11So the service was prepared; the priests stood in their places and the Levites in their divisions according to the king’s command.2 worksMatthew 26:17On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?”2 works
The other 2 cross-references, with their words ▾
Mark 11:4So they went and found the colt outside in the street, tied at a doorway. They untied it,2 worksMark 15:23There they offered Him wine mixed with myrrh, but He did not take it.2 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 2:5

    His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever He tells you.”

    it leads to

    • Genesis 6:22

      So Noah did everything precisely as God had commanded him.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • John 15:14

      You are My friends if you do what I command you.

    • Hebrews 11:8

      By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going.

    • Luke 5:5–6

      “Master,” Simon replied, “we have worked hard all night without catching anything. But because You say so, I will let down the nets.”

    • Hebrews 5:9

      And having been made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey Him

  • Through

    John 15:14

    You are My friends if you do what I command you.

    it leads to

    • Matthew 12:50

      For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother.”

    • 1 John 5:3

      For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,

    • James 2:23

      And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called a friend of God.

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The Agony in the Garden — Gustave Doré (engraving), public domain
The Agony in the Garden — Gustave Doré (engraving), public domain
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; J.C. Ryle, Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew; Jerome, Commentary on Matthew; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Matthew.

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