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Luke 22:8

And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare us the passover, that we may eat.

KJV

καὶ ἀπέστειλεν Πέτρον καὶ Ἰωάννην εἰπών· πορευθέντες ἑτοιμάσατε ἡμῖν τὸ πάσχα ἵνα φάγωμεν.

Greek NT

Et misit Petrum et Joannem, dicens : Euntes parate nobis pascha, ut manducemus.

Vulgate

And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and make ready for us the passover, that we may eat.

ASV

And he sent Peter and John, saying: Go, and prepare for us the pasch, that we may eat.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Πέτρος
petros
noun · 154×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
πάσχα
pascha
aramaic_word · 29×
πορεύομαι
poreuomai
verb · 155×
φάγω
phago
verb · 93×
ἀποστέλλω
apostello
verb · 131×
ἑτοιμάζω
etoimazo
verb · 41×
ἡμεῖς
emeis
pronoun · 862×
ἵνα
ina
conjunction · 665×
Ἰωάννης
ioannes
noun · 134×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×

Historic Christian voices

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

§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…
§1339Jesus chose the time of Passover to fulfill what he had announced at Capernaum: giving his disciples his Body and his Blood: Then came the day of Unleavened Bread, on which the passover lamb had to be sacrificed. So Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, "Go and prepare the passover meal for us, that we may eat it...." They went ... and prepared the passover. and when the hour came…

Cross-references

  • Acts 3:1 — Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.
  • 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.
  • Luke 19:30 — Saying, Go ye into the village over against you; in the which at your entering ye shall find a colt tied, whereon yet never man sat: loose him, and bring him hither.
  • Mark 14:13 — And he sendeth forth two of his disciples, and saith unto them, Go ye into the city, and there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water: follow him.