God’s Word Translation
Luke 22:15
15Jesus said to them, “I’ve had a deep desire to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.
Luke 22:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer:
- New International Version (NIV)And he said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And he said to them, "I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then He said to them, “With fervent desire I have desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer;
Context of Luke 22:15
13The disciples left. They found everything as Jesus had told them and prepared the Passover. 14When it was time to eat the Passover meal, Jesus and the apostles were at the table. Jesus said to them, “I’ve had a deep desire to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. 16I can guarantee that I won’t eat it again until it finds its fulfillment in God’s kingdom.” 17Then he took a cup and spoke a prayer of thanksgiving. He said, “Take this, and share it.
Read all of Luke 22Luke 22:15 word by word
καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτούς· ἐπιθυμίᾳ ἐπεθύμησα τοῦτο τὸ πάσχα φαγεῖν μεθ᾽ ὑμῶν πρὸ τοῦ με παθεῖν·Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- Andκαίkai · andG2532
- he saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
- untoπρόςpros · to/withG4314
- themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- With desireἐπιθυμίαepithumia · desireG1939
- I have desiredἐπιθυμέωepithumeō · to long forG1937
- to eatφαγεῖνphagō · to eatG5315
- thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
- passoverπάσχαpascha · Passover lambG3957
- withμετάmeta · with/afterG3326
- youσύsu · youG4771
- beforeπρόpro · beforeG4253
- Iἐγώegō · I/weG1473
- sufferπάσχωpaschō pathō penthō · to sufferG3958
Cross-references for Luke 22:15
- Luke 12:50I have a baptism to go through, and I will suffer until it is over.
- John 4:34Jesus told them, “My food is to do what the one who sent me wants me to do and to finish the work he has given me.
- John 13:1Before the Passover festival, Jesus knew that the time had come for him to leave this world and go back to the Father. Jesus loved his own who were in the world, and he loved them to the end.
- John 17:1After saying this, Jesus looked up to heaven and said, “Father, the time is here. Give your Son glory so that your Son can give you glory.
Commentaries on Luke 22:15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15With desire I have desired - A Hebraism for, I have desired most earnestly. Our Lord's meaning seems to be, that, having purposed to redeem a lost world by his blood, he ardently longed for the time in which he was to offer himself up. Such love did the holy Jesus bear to the human race. This eucharistic passover was celebrated once, by way of anticipation, before the bloody sacrifice of the victim of salvation, and before the deliverance it was appointed…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15With desire I have desired - This is a Hebrew form of expression, and means “I have greatly desired.” The reasons why he desired this we may suppose to have been: 1.That, as he was about to leave them, he was desirous once of seeing them together, and of partaking with them of one of the religious privileges of the Jewish dispensation. Jesus was “man” as well as God, and he never undervalued the religious rites of his country, or the blessings of social…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. 15Jesus ate the Passover meal with his disciples and followed the ritual order of the Passover celebration (see study note on Matthew 26:26–29).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 14-1814-18. the hour--about six P.M. Between three and this hour the lamb was killed (Ex 12:6, Margin)Read the comment
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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
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