Mark 14:12 — meaning, Hebrew and Greek word study, commentary
Mark 14:12
And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the passover, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare that thou mayest eat the passover?
foremost (in time · adjective — dative singular feminine
day
ἡμέρᾳhēmera
G2250
day · noun — dative singular feminine
bread
ἀζύμων,azumōn
G106
unleavened · adjective — genitive plural neuter
when
ὅτεhote
G3753
at which (thing) too · preposition
killed
ἔθυον,ethuon
G2380
properly · verb — imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural
passover
πάσχαpascha
G3957
the Passover (the meal · noun — accusative singular neuter
his
αὐτῷautō
G846
the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — dative singular masculine
disciples
μαθηταὶmathētai
G3101
a learner · noun — nominative plural masculine
said
λέγουσινlegousin
G3004
properly · verb — present active indicative, 3rd person plural
him
αὐτοῦ·autou
G846
the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — genitive singular masculine
Where
ποῦpou
G4226
as adverb of place · adverb — interrogative
thou
θέλειςtheleis
G2309
to determine (as an active option from subjective impul… · verb — present active indicative, 2nd person singular
go
ἀπελθόντεςapelthontes
G565
to go off (i.e. depart) · verb — second aorist active participle, nominative plural masculine
prepare
ἑτοιμάσωμενhetoimasōmen
G2090
to prepare · verb — aorist active subjunctive, 1st person plural
that
ἵναina
G2443
compare G3588 (ὁ)) · conjunction
eat
φάγῃςphagēs
G5315
to eat (literally or figuratively) · verb — aorist active subjunctive, 2nd person singular
passover
πάσχα;pascha
G3957
the Passover (the meal · noun — accusative singular neuter
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Cross-references
Exodus 12:6 And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in th…
Exodus 12:8 And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.
Exodus 12:18 In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month…
Leviticus 23:5-6 In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD’s passover.
Numbers 28:16-18 And in the fourteenth day of the first month is the passover of the LORD.
Matthew 26:17-19 Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to…
1 Corinthians 5:7-8 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:
Exodus 13:3 And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand the…
Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).
Commentary
Matthew Henry on Mark 14:12-31
In these verses we have,
I. Christ's eating the passover with his disciples, the night before he died, with the joys and comforts of which ordinance he prepared himself for his approaching sorrows, the full prospect of which did not indispose him for that solemnity. Note, No apprehension of trouble, come or coming, should put us by, or put us out of frame for, our attendance on holy ordinances, as we have opportunity for it.
1. Christ ate the passover at the usual time when the other Jews did, as Dr. Whitby had fully made out, and not, as Dr. Hammond would have it, the night before. It was on the first day of that feast, which (taking in all the eight days of the feast) was called, The feast…
They were glad - The joy that arises from the opportunity of murdering an innocent person must be completely infernal.
John Gill on Mark 14:12
And the first day of unleavened bread,.... Being come, which was the fourteenth of Nisan:
when they killed the passover; that is, "the Jews", as the Syriac and Persic versions supply; for any Israelite, that not a priest, might slay it: their canon runs thus (x),
"an Israelite kills (the passover), and a priest receives (the blood), and gives it to his neighbour, and his neighbour to his neighbour, and he receives (the basin) full, and returns it empty; the priest that is near to the altar sprinkles it, at one sprinkling, over against the bottom of it.''
Upon which the commentators (y) observe, that the slaying of the passover by strangers; that is, such as are not priests, lawful. And so…
Mark 14:10-17
Matthew 26:14-20
Mark 14:10-17
Luke 22:3-14
14. Then one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests, 15. And said to them, What will you give me, and I will deliver him to you? And they appointed to him thirty pieces of silver. 16. And from that time he sought an opportunity to betray him. 17. Now on the first day of unleavened bread, the disciples came to Jesus, saying to him, Where dost thou wish us to prepare for you to eat the passover? 18. And he said, Go into the city to such a man, and say to him, The Master saith, My time is near; I keep the passover at thy house with my disciples. 19. And the disciples did as Jesus commanded them, and p…
The Church Fathers
But the unleavened bread which was eaten with bitterness, that is with bitter herbs, is our redemption, and the bitterness is the Passion of our Lord. For they say, Where wilt thou that we go? to show us that we should direct our steps according to the will of God.
(ubi sup.) He means by the first day of the Passover the fourteenth day of the first month, when they threw aside leaven, and were wont to sacrifice, that is, to kill the lamb at even. The Apostle explaining this says, Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us. (1 Cor. 5:7) For although He was crucified on the next day, that is, on the fifteenth moon, yet on the night when the lamb was offered up, He committed to His disciples the mysteries of His Body and Blood, which they were to celebrate, and was seized upon and bound by the Jews; thus He consecrated the beginning of His sacrifice, that is, of His Passion.
And the suffering of this "extermination" was perfected within the times of the lxx hebdomads, under Tiberius Caesar, in the consulate of Rubellius Geminus and Fufius Geminus, in the month of March, at the times of the passover, on the eighth day before the calends of April, on the first day of unleavened bread, on which they slew the lamb at even, just as had been enjoined by Moses. Accordingly, all the synagogue of Israel did slay Him, saying to Pilate, when he was desirous to dismiss Him, "His blood be upon us, and upon our children; " and, "If thou dismiss him, thou art not a friend of Caesar; " in order that all things might be fulfilled which had been written of Him.
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Dictionary and topics
Passover — The name given to the chief of the three great historical annual festivals of the Jews. It was kept in remembrance of the Lord’s passing over the houses of the Israelites (Ex. 12:13) when the first…
Prophecy — Or prediction, was one of the functions of the prophet. It has been defined as a “miracle of knowledge, a declaration or description or representation of something future, beyond the power of human…
Passover · Observed with unleavened bread (no yeast) — Observed with unleavened bread (no yeast)
Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).
The preparation for the Passover meal (14:12-16) introduces the story of the Last Supper (14:22-25). • The Last Supper is associated with the Passover meal (14:12, 14, 16; Matt 26:17-19; Luke 22:7-8, 11, 13, 15; cp. John 18:28; 19:14). Many pilgrims celebrated Passover in Jerusalem, where God’s Temple was located (see Deut 16:2).
14:12 The time when the Passover lamb is sacrificed was twilight on the 14th of Nisan (Exod 12:6). This date falls in March or April each year.
