Mǎkĕfúyīn 14:12

12 Chújiàojié de dì yī tiān , jiù shì zǎi Yúyuèjié yánggāo de nà yī tiān , méntǔ duì Yēsū shuō , nǐ chī Yúyuèjié de yánxí , yào wǒmen wǎng nàli qù yùbeì ne .

Mǎkĕfúyīn 14:12 Meaning and Commentary

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 ^F24,

``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 ^F25 observe, that the slaying of the passover by strangers; that is, such as are not priests, lawful. And so Philo the Jew, speaking of the passover, says ^F26;

``at which time the common people do not bring their sacrifices to the altar, and the priests slay; but by the command of the law, (sumpan to eynov) , "the whole nation", does the work of a priest; every one particularly bringing the sacrifices for himself, and then slaying them with his own hands.''

But then it was always killed in the court of the temple, and after the middle of the day; (See Gill on Matthew 26:17);

his disciples said unto him, where wilt thou that we go and prepare,
that thou mayst eat the passover:
for it was now Thursday morning, and the passover was to be slain after the middle of the day, between the two evenings, and eaten in Jerusalem at night; and they were now at Bethany, near two miles from the city; and it was usual for servants to get ready the passover for their masters; (See Gill on Matthew 26:17).

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FOOTNOTES:

F24 Misn. Pesachim, c. 5. sect. 6.
F25 Jarchi, Maimon. & Bartenora in ib.
F26 De Vita Mosis, l. 3. p. 686.

Mǎkĕfúyīn 14:12 In-Context

10 Shí èr méntǔ zhī zhōng yǒu yī ge Jiālǜe rén Yóudà , qù jiàn Jìsīzhǎng , yào bǎ Yēsū jiāo gĕi tāmen .

11 Tāmen tīngjian jiù huānxǐ , yòu yīngxǔ gĕi tā yínzi . tā jiù xún sī rúhé dé biàn , bǎ Yēsū jiāo gĕi tāmen .

12 Chújiàojié de dì yī tiān , jiù shì zǎi Yúyuèjié yánggāo de nà yī tiān , méntǔ duì Yēsū shuō , nǐ chī Yúyuèjié de yánxí , yào wǒmen wǎng nàli qù yùbeì ne .

13 Yēsū jiù dǎfa liǎng ge méntǔ , duì tāmen shuō , nǐmen jìn chéng qù , bì yǒu rén ná zhe yī píng shuǐ , yíngmiàn ér lái . nǐmen jiù gēn zhe tā .

14 Tā jìn nà jiā qù , nǐmen jiù duì nà jiā de zhǔrén shuō , fūzǐ shuō , kè fáng zaì nàli , wǒ yǔ méntǔ hǎo zaì nàli chī Yúyuèjié de yánxí .