Luke 22:15

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

καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτούς· ἐπιθυμίᾳ ἐπεθύμησα τοῦτο τὸ πάσχα φαγεῖν μεθ’ ὑμῶν πρὸ τοῦ με παθεῖν·
Greek NT

Et ait illis : Desiderio desideravi hoc pascha manducare vobiscum, antequam patiar.
Vulgate

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

And he said to them: With desire I have desired to eat this pasch with you, before I suffer.
Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός

autos

pronoun · 5564×

καί

kai

conjunction · 8973×

λέγω

lego

verb · 2256×

μετά

Historic Christian voices

10 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Catechism of the Catholic Church · 4 passages

§607The desire to embrace his Father's plan of redeeming love inspired Jesus' whole life,418 for his redemptive passion was the very reason for his Incarnation. and so he asked, "and what shall I say? 'Father, save me from this hour'? No, for this purpose I have come to this hour."419 and again, "Shall I not drink the cup which the Father has given me?"420 From the cross, just befo…

§1130The Church celebrates the mystery of her Lord "until he comes," when God will be "everything to everyone."53 Since the apostolic age the liturgy has been drawn toward its goal by the Spirit's groaning in the Church: Marana tha!54 The liturgy thus shares in Jesus' desire: "I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you . . . until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God."5…

§1151Signs taken up by Christ. In his preaching the Lord Jesus often makes use of the signs of creation to make known the mysteries of the Kingdom of God.17 He performs healings and illustrates his preaching with physical signs or symbolic gestures.18 He gives new meaning to the deeds and signs of the Old Covenant, above all to the Exodus and the Passover,19 for he himself is the me…

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Homilies on Matthew · 2 passages

2. But these things we ought not to pass by at random, but they should be instilled in our minds, and wrath would find no place at any time. For who, bearing in mind that supper, and the traitor sitting at meat with the Saviour of all, and Him who was to be betrayed thus meekly reasoning, would not put away all venom of wrath and anger? See at any rate how meekly He conducts Hi…

2. Do you see how much diligence has been used, that it should be ever borne in mind that He died for us? For since the Marcionists, and Valentinians, and Manichæans were to arise, denying this dispensation, He continually reminds us of the passion even by the mysteries, (so that no man should be deceived); at once saving, and at the same time teaching by means of that sa…

City of God

Chapter 9.—Of the Perturbations of the Soul Which Appear as Right Affections in the Life of the Righteous. But so far as regards this question of mental perturbations, we have answered these philosophers in the ninth book687687 C. 4, 5. of this work, showing that it is rather a verbal than a real dispute, and that they seek contention rather than truth. Among ourselves, accordi…

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Cross-references

1Thess 2:17 — But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly to see your face with great desire.
Deut 16:2 — Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the LORD thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the LORD shall choose to place his name there.
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 t
John 17:1 — These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:
Luke 12:50 — But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!
Matt 26:29 — But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.