Peter and John Ask Jesus Where to Prepare the Passoverby CBPepper
22:9Luke 22:9
And they said unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare?
The question in Luke 22:9 is asked by the disciples, specifically Peter and John, wanting to know where Jesus desired them to prepare the Passover meal or supper at Jerusalem. Peter and John were chosen for this work because they were to be closely associated in labor. In answer Jesus gave detailed directions to enter the city, meet a man carrying a pitcher of water, follow him into the house, ask the master of the house for the guestchamber where He would eat the Passover with His disciples, and make ready the large furnished upper room shown to them in a particular appointed house in Jerusalem.
The exactness of the directions was to guard against premature movements by traitors coming to the supper to repeat the action designed by Judas. The bold request made by two Galileans to a stranger succeeded because it was customary for those living in Jerusalem to accommodate strangers desiring to celebrate the Passover, so the message met ready assent exactly as foretold. As instructed, the disciples prepared the meal in the appointed upper room.
The verse belongs to the account of the Passover supper Jesus ate with His disciples before going to Gethsemane, after which He went with them to the garden where He often prayed.
The question in Luke 22:9 is asked by the disciples, specifically Peter and John, wanting to know where Jesus desired them to prepare the Passover meal or supper at Jerusalem. Peter and John were chosen for this work because they were to be closely associated in labor. In answer Jesus gave detailed directions to enter the city, meet a man carrying a pitcher of water, follow him into the house, ask the master of the house for the guestchamber where He would eat the Passover with His disciples, and make ready the large furnished upper room shown to them in a particular appointed house in Jerusalem.
The exactness of the directions was to guard against premature movements by traitors coming to the supper to repeat the action designed by Judas. The bold request made by two Galileans to a stranger succeeded because it was customary for those living in Jerusalem to accommodate strangers desiring to celebrate the Passover, so the message met ready assent exactly as foretold. As instructed, the disciples prepared the meal in the appointed upper room.
The verse belongs to the account of the Passover supper Jesus ate with His disciples before going to Gethsemane, after which He went with them to the garden where He often prayed.