Mark 14:15

He will himself show you a large upper room furnished and ready. Get ready for us there.”

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WEBBE

He will himself show you a large upper room furnished and ready. Get ready for us there.”

BSB

And he will show you a large upper room, furnished and ready. Make preparations for us there.”

KJV

And he will shew you a large upper room furnished and prepared: there make ready for us.

ASV

And he will himself show you a large upper room furnished [and] ready: and there make ready for us.

BBE

And he will take you up himself to a great room with a table and seats: there make ready for us.

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καὶ kai And G2532 αὐτὸς autos he himself G846 ὑμῖν humin you G4771 δείξει deixei will show G1166 ἀνάγαιον anagaion an upper room G508 μέγα mega large G3173 ἐστρωμένον estrōmenon furnished G4766 ἕτοιμον hetoimon [and] ready G2092 καὶ kai And G2532 ἐκεῖ ekei there G1563 ἑτοιμάσατε hetoimasate do prepare G2090 ἡμῖν hēmin for us G3165

The early church

Or else, the lord of the house is the intellect, which points out the large upper room, that is, the loftiness of intelligences, and which, though it be high, yet has nothing of vain glory, or of pride, but is prepared and made level by humility. But there, that is, in such a mind Christ's Passover is prepared by Peter and John, that is by action and contemplation.
Theophylact of Ohrid · d. 1107Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)
(ubi sup.) Or else, the large upper-room is spiritually the Law, which comes forth from the narrowness of the letter, and in a lofty place, that is, in the lofty chamber of the soul, receives the Saviour. But it is designedly that the names both of the bearer of the water, and of the lord of the house, are omitted, to imply that power is given to all who wish to celebrate the true Passover, that is, to be embued with the sacraments of Christ, and to receive Him in the dwelling-place of their mind.
Bede · d. 735Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)
That is, him who leads to the lofty place, where is the refreshment prepared by Christ. (John 21:15) The lord of the house is the Apostle Peter, to whom the Lord has entrusted His house, that there may be one faith under one Shepherd. The large upper-room is the wide-spread Church, in which the name of the Lord is spoken of, prepared by a variety of powers and tongues.
Pseudo-Jerome · d. 9999Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 12–21

Nothing could be less the result of human foresight than the events here related. But our Lord knows all things about us before they come to pass. If we admit him, he will dwell in our hearts. The Son of man goes, as it is written of him, as a lamb to the slaughter; but woe to that man by whom he is betrayed! God's permitting the sins of men, and bringing glory to himself out of them, does not oblige them to sin; nor will this be any excuse for their guilt, or lessen their punishment.

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