And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer:
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Gill's Exposition
For I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof,.... Of the passover, and which now, with the rest of the ceremonial law, was to be abolished:
until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God;…
Barnes' Notes
With desire I have desired - This is a Hebrew form of expression, and means “I have greatly desired.” The reasons why he desired this we may suppose to have been: That, as he was about to leave them,…
Adam Clarke
With desire I have desired - A Hebraism for, I have desired most earnestly. Our Lord's meaning seems to be, that, having purposed to redeem a lost world by his blood, he ardently longed for the time…
What a hopeful prospect had we of Christ's doing a great deal of good by his preaching in the temple during the feast of unleavened bread, which continued seven days, when the people were every…
Cambridge Bible
With desire I have desired i.e. I earnestly desired. A Hebraism. Mat 13:14, &c.
to eat this passover The expression may perhaps point to the fact that thiswas not the actual Jewish Paschal meal, but…