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Mark 14:15

Mark 14:15
And he will shew you a large upper room furnished and prepared: there make ready for us.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And he will show you a large upper room,.... A room in the highest part of the house, large enough for such a company, for thirteen persons, which was the number of Christ and his disciples:…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Mark 14:12-16

See the notes at Mat 26:17-19. Mar 14:12 They killed the passover - The “paschal lamb,” which was slain in keeping the Passover. Go and prepare - Go and provide a lamb, have it roasted, and properly…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Furnished - Spread with carpets - εστρωμενον - so this word is often used. See Wakefield. But it may also signify the couches on which the guests reclined when eating. It does not appear that the Jews…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Mark 14:12-31

In these verses we have,

I. Christ's eating the passover with his disciples, the night before he died, with the joys and comforts of which ordinance he prepared himself for his approaching sorrows,…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

a large upper room furnished "a greet souping place strewid," Wyclif. The guest-chamber was on the upper floor, ready, and provided with couches, as the custom of reclining at meals required. We may…