Luke 22:15

He said to them, “I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer,

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WEBBE

He said to them, “I have earnestly 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.

KJV

And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer:

ASV

And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer:

BBE

And he said, I have had a great desire to keep this Passover with you before I come to my death;

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καὶ kai And G2532 εἶπεν eipen He said G2036 πρὸς pros to G4314 αὐτούς autous them G846 ἐπιθυμίᾳ epithumia With desire G1939 ἐπεθύμησα epethumēsa I have desired G1937 τοῦτο touto this G3778 τὸ to (the) G3588 πάσχα pascha Passover G3957 φαγεῖν phagein to eat G5315 μεθ meth᾽ with G3326 ὑμῶν humōn you G4771 πρὸ pro before G4253 τοῦ tou (the) G3588 με me I G3165 παθεῖν pathein to suffe G3958

The early church

Or else; When our Lord was celebrating the new Passover, He fitly said, With desire have I desired this Passover, that is, the new mystery of the New Testament which He gave to His disciples, and which many prophets and righteous men desired before Him. He then also Himself thirsting for the common salvation, delivered this mystery, to suffice for the whole world. But the Passover was ordained by Moses to be celebrated in one place, that is, in Jerusalem. Therefore it was not adapted for the whole world, and so was not desired.
Eusebius of Caesarea · d. 339Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)
(adv. Hær. 30. 22.) Hereby we may refute the folly of the Ebionites concerning the eating of flesh, seeing that our Lord eats the Passover of the Jews. Therefore He pointedly said, "This Passover," that no one might transfer it to mean another.
Epiphanius of Salamis · d. 403Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)
He first then desires to eat the typical Passover, and so to declare the mysteries of His Passion to the world.
Bede · d. 735Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)
Or He says, With desire have I desired; as if to say, This is My last supper with you, therefore it is most precious and welcome to Me; just as those who are going away to a distance, utter the last words to their friends most affectionately.
Theophylact of Ohrid · d. 1107Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 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 glory and man's redemption. He takes his leave of all passovers, signifying thereby his doing away all the ordinances of the ceremonial law, of which the passover was one of the earliest and chief. That type was laid aside, because now in the kingdom of God the substance was come.

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