Luke 22:15

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:
• 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;
• New Living Translation (NLT)Jesus said, “I have been very eager to eat this Passover meal with you before my suffering begins.

Context of Luke 22:15

13They left and found things just as Jesus had told them. So they prepared the Passover. 14When the hour came, Jesus and his apostles reclined at the table. And he said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. 16For I tell you, I will not eat it again until it finds fulfillment in the kingdom of God.” 17After taking the cup, he gave thanks and said, “Take this and divide it among you.

Luke 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 12:50But I have a baptism to undergo, and what constraint I am under until it is completed!
• John 4:34“My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work.
• John 13:1It was just before the Passover Festival. Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.
• John 17:1After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed: “Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you.

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

Topics related to Luke 22:15

• Feasts
• Jesus, the Christ
• Passover

In the dictionaries

• Accomplish
• Agony
• Cast
• Earnestly
• Reckon
• Concupiscence
• Jesus Christ
• Law in the New Testament
• Lord's Supper; (eucharist)
• Luke, the Gospel of

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