Luke 22:9

9 So they said to him, "Where do you want us to prepare [it]?"

Luke 22:9 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 22:9

And they said unto him, where wilt thou that we prepare?
] Meaning, not in what village, town, or city, for it was a fixed and determined thing, that the passover should be eaten at Jerusalem, and nowhere else; see ( Deuteronomy 16:2 ) , but in what house in Jerusalem?

Luke 22:9 In-Context

7 And the day of the feast of Unleavened Bread came, on which it was necessary [for] the Passover lamb to be sacrificed.

8 And he sent Peter and John, saying, "Go [and] prepare the Passover for us, so that we may eat [it].

9 So they said to him, "Where do you want us to prepare [it]?"

10 And he said to them, "Behold, [when] you have entered into the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him into the house which he enters.

11 And you will say to the master of the house, 'The Teacher says to you, "Where is the guest room where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?" '

Footnotes

• [a]. *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation