He said to them, “I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer,
Parallel translations
- KJV And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer:
- BSB And He said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before My suffering.
- NKJV Then He said to them, “With fervent desire I have desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer;
- NASB And He said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer;
- NLT Jesus said, “I have been very eager to eat this Passover meal with you before my suffering begins.
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Quick answer
Jesus tells the apostles how earnestly He has longed to eat this Passover with them before He suffers. It reveals His deep love and His willing embrace of the cross.
Overview
Jesus speaks plainly of His coming suffering, showing that He goes to the cross knowingly and willingly. His intense desire to share this meal expresses His affection for His disciples even as His passion approaches. This Passover becomes the bridge from the old covenant deliverance to the greater deliverance accomplished by His death.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Luke 12:50But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!
- John 4:34Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to accomplish his work.
- John 17:1Jesus said these things, and lifting up his eyes to heaven, he said, “Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may also glorify you;
- John 13:1Now before the feast of the Passover, Jesus, knowing that his time had come that he would depart from this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.
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