And they went, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover.
The two disciples sent to prepare were Peter and John. They were paired together because they were to be closely associated in labor. They went into Jerusalem to a large furnished upper chamber where Jesus would eat the Passover with His disciples, the upper room of the Last Supper.
Finding the room involved meeting the man bearing a pitcher of water, following him into the house he entered, delivering Christ's commanding message asking for the guestchamber where the Master would eat the Passover with His disciples, and being shown the room by the householder. The householder readily assented to the request, as residents of Jerusalem customarily accommodated strangers desiring to celebrate the Passover. They found everything exactly as Christ had foretold and made the Passover ready there, confirming that His directions about where and how to prepare were fulfilled.
Christ gave the directions in this secret way to guard against premature movements by traitors coming to the supper to join the action designed by Judas. This preparation belongs to the Passover supper Jesus ate with His disciples before going to Gethsemane. That Passover meal was about to give way to the Lord's Supper, when Christ established the new service as a memorial of His death to replace the Passover observance as the church's enduring memorial.
The two disciples sent to prepare were Peter and John. They were paired together because they were to be closely associated in labor. They went into Jerusalem to a large furnished upper chamber where Jesus would eat the Passover with His disciples, the upper room of the Last Supper.
Finding the room involved meeting the man bearing a pitcher of water, following him into the house he entered, delivering Christ's commanding message asking for the guestchamber where the Master would eat the Passover with His disciples, and being shown the room by the householder. The householder readily assented to the request, as residents of Jerusalem customarily accommodated strangers desiring to celebrate the Passover. They found everything exactly as Christ had foretold and made the Passover ready there, confirming that His directions about where and how to prepare were fulfilled.
Christ gave the directions in this secret way to guard against premature movements by traitors coming to the supper to join the action designed by Judas. This preparation belongs to the Passover supper Jesus ate with His disciples before going to Gethsemane. That Passover meal was about to give way to the Lord's Supper, when Christ established the new service as a memorial of His death to replace the Passover observance as the church's enduring memorial.