Matthew 26:18

16 So from then on Judas looked for an opportunity to betray Jesus.

17 On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?”

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.’”

19 So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them and prepared the Passover.

20 When evening came, Jesus was reclining with the twelve disciples.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
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.’”
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.
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.”’”
ASV
And he said, Go into the city to such a man, and say unto him, The Teacher saith, My time is at hand; I keep the passover at thy house with my disciples.
DARBY
And he said, Go into the city unto such a one, and say to him, The Teacher says, My time is near, I will keep the passover in thy house with my disciples.
BLB
And He said, “Go into the city to a certain man and tell him, ‘The Teacher says, “My time is near; at your [house] I will keep the Passover with My disciples.”’”
ÅB
Han sa: «Gå inn i byen til en mann der, og si til ham: ‘Mesteren sier: “Tiden min er nær; jeg vil holde påske med disiplene mine hos deg.”’»
OTB
Han instruerte dem, “Gå inn i byen og finn en bestemt mann. Si til ham, ‘Læreren sier: Min tid er nær; jeg skal dele påskemåltidet i ditt hus med mine disipler.’”
B1930
Han sa: Gå inn i byen til en mann der, og si til ham: Mesteren sier: Min tid er nær; hos dig vil jeg holde påske med mine disipler.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Mark 14:13–16

    So 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,

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  • John 7:6

    Therefore Jesus told them, “Although your time is always at hand, My time has not yet come.

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  • John 17:1

    When 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.

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  • John 13:1

    It 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.

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  • John 7:30

    So they tried to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.

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  • Luke 22:10–13

    He answered, “When you enter the city, a man carrying a jug of water will meet you. Follow him to the house he enters,

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  • John 7:8

    Go up to the feast on your own. I am not going up to this feast, because My time has not yet come.”

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  • Luke 22:53

    Every 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.”

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