King James Version
What Does Luke 22:14 Mean?
“And when the hour was come, he sat down, and the twelve apostles with him.”
Context
12
And he shall shew you a large upper room furnished: there make ready.
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And they went, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover.
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And when the hour was come, he sat down, and the twelve apostles with him.
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And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer: With desire: or, I have heartily desired
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For I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof , until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God.
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(14-18) **And when the hour was come.**—See Notes on Matthew 26:20; Mark 14:17. The other Gospels name “the evening.” St. Luke uses simply “the hour” as referring to the appointed time, “in the evening” (literally, *between the two evenings, i.e.,* the close of twilight; see Exodus 12:6), for the “killing,” the lamb being eaten afterwards as soon as it was roasted. It is characteristic of the comparatively late date of St. Luke’s narrative that he speaks of “the twelve *Apostles,”* while the other two reports speak of “the *disciples.”* (Comp. Luke 9:10; Luke 17:5; Luke 24:10.)
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
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Theological Significance
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