He answered, “Go into the city to a certain man and tell him that the Teacher says, ‘My time is near. I will keep the Passover with My disciples at your house.’”
Parallel translations
- WEB He said, “Go into the city to a certain person, and tell him, ‘The Teacher says, “My time is at hand. I will keep the Passover at your house with my disciples.”’”
- KJV And he said, Go into the city to such a man, and say unto him, The Master saith, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at thy house with my disciples.
- NKJV And He said, “Go into the city to a certain man, and say to him, ‘The Teacher says, “My time is at hand; I will keep the Passover at your house with My disciples.” ’ ”
- NASB And He said, “Go into the city to a certain man, and say to him, ‘The Teacher says, “My time is near; I am keeping the Passover at your house with My disciples.” ’ ”
- NLT “As you go into the city,” he told them, “you will see a certain man. Tell him, ‘The Teacher says: My time has come, and I will eat the Passover meal with my disciples at your house.’”
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Quick answer
Jesus sends the disciples to a man in the city to prepare the Passover, saying His time is near. His detailed instructions show His sovereign control.
Overview
Jesus directs the disciples to a prearranged location, demonstrating His foreknowledge and command over events even as His enemies plot. The phrase 'my time is at hand' marks His awareness that the appointed hour of His suffering has come. He approaches the cross as Lord of the situation, not its victim.
Cross-references & the web
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- Mark 14:13–16So He sent two of His disciples and told them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jug of water will meet you. Follow him,
- John 7:6Therefore Jesus told them, “Although your time is always at hand, My time has not yet come.
- John 13:1It was now just before the Passover Feast, and Jesus knew that His hour had come to leave this world and return to the Father. Having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the very end.
- John 17:1When Jesus had spoken these things, He lifted up His eyes to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son may glorify You.
- John 7:30So they tried to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.
- Luke 22:10–13He answered, “When you enter the city, a man carrying a jug of water will meet you. Follow him to the house he enters,
- John 7:8Go up to the feast on your own. I am not going up to this feast, because My time has not yet come.”
- John 12:23But Jesus replied, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.
- Luke 22:53Every day I was with you in the temple courts, and you did not lay a hand on Me. But this hour belongs to you and to the power of darkness.”
- John 11:28After Martha had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary aside to tell her, “The Teacher is here and is asking for you.”
- Mark 5:35While He was still speaking, messengers from the house of Jairus arrived and said, “Your daughter is dead; why bother the Teacher anymore?”
- Matt 26:2“You know that the Passover is two days away, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.”
- Matt 21:3If anyone questions you, tell him that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right away.”
- Matt 23:8But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers.
- Matt 23:10Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one Instructor, the Christ.
- John 20:16Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to Him in Hebrew, “Rabboni!” (which means “Teacher”).
- Matt 26:49Going directly to Jesus, he said, “Greetings, Rabbi!” and kissed Him.
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