Luke 22:8

Luke 22:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare us the passover, that we may eat.
• New International Version (NIV)Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)So Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, "Go and prepare the Passover for us, that we may eat it."
• New King James Version (NKJV)And He sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and prepare the Passover for us, that we may eat.”

Context of Luke 22:8

6And he came to an agreement to do it, and sought an opportunity to deliver him up to them away from the crowd. 7And the day of unleavened bread came, in which the passover was to be killed. And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare the passover for us, that we may eat [it]. 9But they said to him, Where wilt thou that we prepare [it]? 10And he said to them, Behold, as ye enter into the city a man will meet you, carrying an earthen pitcher of water; follow him into the house where he goes in;

Luke 22:8 word by word

καὶ ἀπέστειλεν Πέτρον καὶ Ἰωάννην εἰπών· πορευθέντες ἑτοιμάσατε ἡμῖν τὸ πάσχα ἵνα φάγωμεν.Read the interlinear

• sentἀποστέλλωapostellō · to sendG649
• PeterΠέτροςPetros · PeterG4074
• JohnἸωάννηςIōannēs · JohnG2491
• sayingλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• Goπορεύωporeuomai · to travelG4198
• prepareἑτοιμάζωhetoimazō · to make readyG2090
• passoverπάσχαpascha · Passover lambG3957
• eatἐσθίωesthiō · to eatG2068

Cross-references for Luke 22:8

• Mark 14:13And he sends two of his disciples, and says to them, Go into the city, and a man shall meet you carrying a pitcher of water; follow him.
• Luke 1:6And they were both just before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
• Matthew 3:15But Jesus answering said to him, Suffer [it] now; for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffers him.
• Galatians 4:4but when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, come of woman, come under law,

Commentaries on Luke 22:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8He sent Peter and John, etc. - See the subject of these verses largely explained on Matthew 26:17-19; (note), and Mark 14:13, Mark 14:15; (note).Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7-13Verses 7-13 See this passage explained in the Matthew 26:17-19 notes, and Mark 14:12-16 notes.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-18Verses 7-18 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 the Lord's supper. Those who go upon Christ's word, need not fear disappointment. According to the orders given them, the disciples got all ready for the passover. Jesus bids this passover welcome. He desired it, though he knew his sufferings would follow, because it was in order to his Father's…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover: The lamb was roasted and eaten with bitter herbs and unleavened bread at the Passover meal (Exodus 12:8; Numbers 9:11–12; Deuteronomy 16:3). The bitter herbs represented the bitterness of the Israelites’ slavery in Egypt, and the unleavened bread reminded them of their hurried departure from Egypt.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 7-387. the day of unleavened bread--strictly the fifteenth Nisan (part of our March and April) after the paschal lamb was killed; but here, the fourteenth (Thursday). Into the difficult questions raised on this we cannot here enter.Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 22:8

• Jesus, the Christ
• John
• Passover
• Peter

In the dictionaries

• Peter
• Accomplish
• Agony
• Cast
• Earnestly
• Reckon
• Jesus Christ
• John, the Apostle
• Law in the New Testament
• Lord's Supper; (eucharist)

Commentaries on Luke 22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings