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Matthew 26:18
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.’”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jesus answers the disciples' question about Passover preparation by directing them to a specific man in Jerusalem. He speaks this instruction to the disciples on the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, just before the meal begins.
The words — The imperative ὑπάγετε (hupagete) commands "do go" into the πόλιν (polin), the city. Jesus declares that the Teacher announces his time is near and that he will keep the Passover with his disciples at the man's house.
The thread — The instruction to send disciples into the city for a Passover meal parallels Mark 14:13. The declaration that his time is near echoes John 7:6 and anticipates the fulfillment of his hour in John 13:1.
Why it lands — The text records a precise divine directive that requires immediate obedience from the disciples. It places the reader in the moment where Jesus initiates the Passover meal that will precede his departure.
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The Greek words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Mark 14:13 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,
- John 7:6 Therefore Jesus told them, “Although your time is always at hand, My time has not yet come.
- 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.
- 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.
- Luke 22:10 He answered, “When you enter the city, a man carrying a jug of water will meet you. Follow him to the house he enters,
- 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.”
- John 7:30 So they tried to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.
- 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.”
- John 12:23 But Jesus replied, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.
- Matthew 21:3 If anyone questions you, tell him that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right away.”