Luke 22:9

9 They asked him, "Where do you want us to make preparations for 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 Then came the day of Unleavened Bread, on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed.
8 So Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, "Go and prepare the Passover meal for us that we may eat it."
9 They asked him, "Where do you want us to make preparations for it?"
10 "Listen," he said to them, "when you have entered the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you; follow him into the house he enters
11 and say to the owner of the house, "The teacher asks you, "Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?" '
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