Luke 22:15
New International Version
And he said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.

New Living Translation
Jesus said, “I have been very eager to eat this Passover meal with you before my suffering begins.

English Standard Version
And he said to them, “I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.

Berean Standard Bible
And He said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before My suffering.

Berean Literal Bible
And He said to them, "With desire I have desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.

King James Bible
And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer:

New King James Version
Then He said to them, “With fervent desire I have desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer;

New American Standard Bible
And He said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer;

NASB 1995
And He said to them, “I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer;

NASB 1977
And He said to them, “I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer;

Legacy Standard Bible
And He said to them, “I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer;

Amplified Bible
He said to them, “I have earnestly wanted to eat this Passover with you before I suffer;

Christian Standard Bible
Then he said to them, “I have fervently desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then He said to them, “I have fervently desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.

American Standard Version
And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer:

Contemporary English Version
he said to them, "I have very much wanted to eat this Passover meal with you before I suffer.

English Revised Version
And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Jesus said to them, "I've had a deep desire to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.

Good News Translation
He said to them, "I have wanted so much to eat this Passover meal with you before I suffer!

International Standard Version
He told them, "I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover meal with you before I suffer,

Majority Standard Bible
And He said to them, ?I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before My suffering.

NET Bible
And he said to them, "I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.

New Heart English Bible
He said to them, "I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer,

Webster's Bible Translation
And he said to them, I have earnestly desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer.

Weymouth New Testament
He said to them, "Earnestly have I longed to eat this Passover with you before I suffer;

World English Bible
He said to them, “I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer,
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and He said to them, “With desire I desired to eat this Passover with you before My suffering,

Berean Literal Bible
And He said to them, "With desire I have desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.

Young's Literal Translation
and he said unto them, 'With desire I did desire to eat this passover with you before my suffering,

Smith's Literal Translation
And he said to them, With eager desire have I desired to eat this pascha with you before I suffer:
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said to them: With desire I have desired to eat this pasch with you, before I suffer.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And he said to them: “With longing have I desired to eat this Passover with you, before I suffer.

New American Bible
He said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer,

New Revised Standard Version
He said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer;
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And he said to them, I have desired with desire to eat this passover with you before I suffer;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And he said to them, “I have greatly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.
NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
And he said to them: I have greatly desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer.

Godbey New Testament
And He said to them, I desired with desire to eat this passover with you before I suffer: for I say to you,

Haweis New Testament
And he said unto them, With earnest desire have I longed to eat this passover with you before I suffer:

Mace New Testament
and he said to them, I have ardently desired to eat this passover with you, before I suffer.

Weymouth New Testament
He said to them, "Earnestly have I longed to eat this Passover with you before I suffer;

Worrell New Testament
And He said to them, "With desire I desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer:

Worsley New Testament
And He said unto them, I have earnestly desired to eat of this passover with you before I suffer:

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Last Supper
14When the hour had come, Jesus reclined at the table with His apostles. 15And He said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before My suffering. 16For I tell you that I will not eat it again until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.”…

Cross References
Exodus 12:11
This is how you are to eat it: You must be fully dressed for travel, with your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. You are to eat in haste; it is the LORD’s Passover.

Exodus 12:14
And this day will be a memorial for you, and you are to celebrate it as a feast to the LORD, as a permanent statute for the generations to come.

Exodus 12:24-27
And you are to keep this command as a permanent statute for you and your descendants. / When you enter the land that the LORD will give you as He promised, you are to keep this service. / When your children ask you, ‘What does this service mean to you?’ ...

Leviticus 23:5
The Passover to the LORD begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month.

Numbers 9:2-3
“The Israelites are to observe the Passover at its appointed time. / You are to observe it at the appointed time, at twilight on the fourteenth day of this month, in accordance with its statutes and ordinances.”

Deuteronomy 16:1-8
Observe the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover to the LORD your God, because in the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night. / You are to offer to the LORD your God the Passover sacrifice from the herd or flock in the place the LORD will choose as a dwelling for His Name. / You must not eat leavened bread with it; for seven days you are to eat with it unleavened bread, the bread of affliction, because you left the land of Egypt in haste—so that you may remember for the rest of your life the day you left the land of Egypt. ...

Isaiah 53:7
He was oppressed and afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so He did not open His mouth.

Jeremiah 31:31-34
Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. / It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt—a covenant they broke, though I was a husband to them,” declares the LORD. / “But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people. ...

Zechariah 9:9
Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your King comes to you, righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

Matthew 26:17-19
On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?” / 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.’” / So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them and prepared the Passover.

Matthew 26:26-29
While they were eating, Jesus took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to the disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is My body.” / Then He took the cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you. / This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. ...

Mark 14:12-16
On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed, Jesus’ disciples asked Him, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?” / 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, / and whichever house he enters, say to the owner, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is My guest room, where I may eat the Passover with My disciples?’ ...

Mark 14:22-25
While they were eating, Jesus took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to the disciples, saying, “Take it; this is My body.” / Then He took the cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, and they all drank from it. / He said to them, “This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many. ...

John 1:29
The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

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.


Treasury of Scripture

And he said to them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer:

With desire I have desired.

Luke 12:50
But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!

John 4:34
Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.

John 13:1
Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.

Jump to Previous
Death Desire Desired Eagerly Earnestly Eat Great Longed Passover Suffer Suffering
Jump to Next
Death Desire Desired Eagerly Earnestly Eat Great Longed Passover Suffer Suffering
Luke 22
1. The leaders conspire against Jesus.
3. Satan prepares Judas to betray him.
7. The apostles prepare the Passover.
19. Jesus institutes his holy supper;
21. covertly foretells of the traitor;
24. rebukes the rest of his apostles from ambition;
31. assures Peter his faith should not fail;
34. and yet he should deny him thrice.
39. He prays in the mount, and sweats blood;
47. is betrayed with a kiss;
50. he heals Malchus' ear;
54. he is thrice denied by Peter;
63. shamefully abused;
66. and confesses himself to be the Son of God.














And He said to them
This phrase introduces the words of Jesus, emphasizing His role as a teacher and leader. The Greek word for "said" is "εἶπεν" (eipen), which is often used in the Gospels to denote authoritative speech. Jesus is addressing His disciples, indicating the intimacy and importance of the message He is about to convey. This setting is crucial as it takes place during the Last Supper, a pivotal moment in Christian theology.

I have eagerly desired
The Greek phrase "ἐπιθυμίᾳ ἐπεθύμησα" (epithymia epethymēsa) is a strong expression of desire, indicating an intense longing. This double use of the word for desire underscores the depth of Jesus' emotions. It reflects His human nature, showing that He deeply values this moment with His disciples. This eagerness also highlights the significance of the Passover meal as a precursor to the new covenant He is about to establish.

to eat this Passover
The Passover, or "Πάσχα" (Pascha) in Greek, is a Jewish festival commemorating the Israelites' deliverance from Egypt. By choosing to eat the Passover with His disciples, Jesus is connecting His impending sacrifice to the sacrificial lamb of the Passover, symbolizing liberation and salvation. This act foreshadows His role as the Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world.

with you
The phrase "μεθ' ὑμῶν" (meth' hymōn) emphasizes the communal aspect of the meal. Jesus' desire to share this moment with His disciples highlights the importance of fellowship and unity in the Christian faith. It also signifies the establishment of a new community, the Church, which will be built on the foundation of His teachings and sacrifice.

before My suffering
The Greek word for "suffering" is "πάσχω" (paschō), which refers to the trials and tribulations Jesus is about to endure. This phrase indicates Jesus' awareness of His impending crucifixion and the fulfillment of His mission. It serves as a reminder of the sacrificial nature of His love and the redemptive purpose of His suffering. This foreknowledge also underscores His obedience to the Father's will and His commitment to the salvation of humanity.

(15) With desire I have desired.--The peculiar mode of expressing intensity by the use of a cognate noun with the verb of action, though found sometimes in other languages, is an idiom characteristically Hebrew (comp. "thou shalt surely die" for "dying thou shalt die," in Genesis 2:17), and its use here suggests the thought that St. Luke heard what he reports from some one who repeated the very words which our Lord had spoken in Aramaic. The whole passage is peculiar to him, and implies that he had sought to fill up the gaps in the current oral teaching which is reproduced in St. Matthew and St. Mark. It was natural that in so doing he might feel some uncertainty as to the precise position of these supplementary incidents, and hence the difficulties, of no great importance, which present themselves on a comparison of the three narratives. The words now before us bear obviously the impression of having been spoken at the beginning of the Feast. The Master yearned, if we may so speak, for a last Passover with His "friends," as we yearn for a last Communion with ours; all the more so, we may believe, because it was in His purpose to perfect the former by transfiguring it into the latter. The words have been thought to confirm the view that our Lord was anticipating by twenty-four hours the strictly legal time of the Passover. It must be admitted, however, that they-do not in themselves suggest that thought. All that can be said is that they fall in with it, if proved on independent evidence.

Verse 15. - And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. This peculiar expression, "with desire," etc., is evidently a reproduction by St. Luke of the Lord's very words repeated to him originally in Aramaic (Hebrew), They seem to be a touching apology or explanation from him to his own, for thus anticipating the regular Passover Supper by twenty-four hours. He had been longing with an intense longing to keep this last Passover with them: First as the dear human Friend who would make this his solemn last farewell. (Do not we, when we feel the end is coming, long for a last communion with our dearest ones?) And, secondly, as the Divine Master who would gather up into a final discourse his most important, deepest teaching. We find this teaching especially reported by St. John in his Gospel (13-17.). And thirdly, as the Founder of a great religion, he purposed, on this momentous occasion, transforming the most solemn festal gathering of the ancient Jewish people, which commemorated their greatest deliverance, into a feast which should - as age succeeded age - commemo-rate a far greater deliverance, not of the old chosen race only, but of every race under heaven. These were three of the reasons why he had desired so earnestly to eat this Passover with them. "To-morrow, at the usual hour, when the people cat their Passover, it will be too late for us." This he expresses in his own sad words, "before I suffer."

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
And
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

He said
εἶπεν (eipen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2036: Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.

to
πρὸς (pros)
Preposition
Strong's 4314: To, towards, with. A strengthened form of pro; a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. Toward.

them,
αὐτούς (autous)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

“I have eagerly desired
ἐπεθύμησα (epethymēsa)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's 1937: To long for, covet, lust after, set the heart upon. From epi and thumos; to set the heart upon, i.e. Long for.

to eat
φαγεῖν (phagein)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active
Strong's 5315: A primary verb; to eat.

this
τοῦτο (touto)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 3778: This; he, she, it.

Passover
πάσχα (pascha)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 3957: The feast of Passover, the Passover lamb. Of Chaldee origin; the Passover.

with
μεθ’ (meth’)
Preposition
Strong's 3326: (a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives.

you
ὑμῶν (hymōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

before
πρὸ (pro)
Preposition
Strong's 4253: A primary preposition; 'fore', i.e. In front of, prior to.

My
με (me)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Singular
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

suffering.
παθεῖν (pathein)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active
Strong's 3958: I am acted upon in a certain way, either good or bad; I experience ill treatment, suffer.


Links
Luke 22:15 NIV
Luke 22:15 NLT
Luke 22:15 ESV
Luke 22:15 NASB
Luke 22:15 KJV

Luke 22:15 BibleApps.com
Luke 22:15 Biblia Paralela
Luke 22:15 Chinese Bible
Luke 22:15 French Bible
Luke 22:15 Catholic Bible

NT Gospels: Luke 22:15 He said to them I have earnestly (Luke Lu Lk)
Luke 22:14
Top of Page
Top of Page