Mt. 26:17 Now on the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread the disciples cam to Yeshua, saying to Him, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?”
Mk. 24:12 Now on the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they killed the Passover Lamb, His disciples said to Him, “Where do You want us to go and prepare that You may eat the Passover?”
Lk. 22:7 Then came the Day of Unleavened Bread when the Passover must be killed.
Lk. 22:9 So they said to Him, “Where do You want us to prepare?”
Mk. 14:13 So He sent out two of His disciples and said to them, “Go into the city, and a man will meet you carrying a pitcher of water; follow him.”
Lk. 22:8a And He sent Peter and John, saying,
Lk. 22:10 And He said to them, “Behold, when you have entered the city, a man will met you carrying a pitcher of water; follow him into the house which he enters.”
Mt. 26:16 And He said, “Go into the city to a certain, and say to him, ‘The Teacher says, “My time is at hand; I will keep the Passover at your house with My disciples.”’”
Lk. 22:8b “Go and prepare the Passover for us, that we may eat.’”
Mk. 14:14 “And wherever he goes in, say to the master of the house, ‘The Teacher says, “Where is the guest room in which I may eat the Passover with My disciples?”’”
Lk. 22:11 “Then you shall say to the master of the house, ‘The Teacher says to you, “Where is the guest room in which I may eat he Passover with My disciples?”’”
Mk. 14:15 “Then he will show you a large, furnished upper room; there make ready.”
Lk. 22:12 “Then he will show you a large, furnished upper room; there make ready.”
It is in the events surrounding the crucifixion and resurrection that the character of John the Priest comes most clearly into focus. It was at the beginning of the “Passion Week” that the disciples came to Yeshua and asked Him where He wanted to eat the Passover. Yeshua told them to go into the city and meet a man carrying a pitcher of water and follow him to a house. There they would prepare the Passover. Now we would ask, “who was this man at whose house Yeshua was to dine?” Whoever it is he must have preferred anonymity, which is why he is only mentioned as a “certain man.” He also must have been a sympathizer of Yeshua’s, most likely connected with His ministry and teaching. A direct disciple would certainly fit into this category. But additionally, he must have owned a house in Jerusalem have enough to accommodate Yeshua and at least a small group of followers. Furthermore, since Yeshua deliberately enraged the Temple priesthood by turning over the tables of the moneychangers and by prophesying the Temple’s destruction, it stands to reason that a follower of Yeshua’s who was also a priest would very much want to have his identity cloaked. But, it is also fascinating to consider the possibility that John the Priest owned the very home in Jerusalem where Yeshua celebrated the Last Supper. If John had indeed been a resident of Jerusalem, this would explain the detailed familiarity with the city hat we find in John’s Gospel.
By using the phrase “master of the house,” John the Priest retains his anonymity. And the kind of house most likely to have a large, furnished room on a second story would be that of a priest. Luke describes a large, “furnished” upstairs gust room. The Greek word translated furnished is normally the word used for describing a triclinium, or three (tri) sided reclining (clinium) table.
Mt. 26:19 So the disciples did as Yeshua had directed them; and they prepared the Passover.
Mk. 14:16 Ad His disciples went out, and came into the city, and found it just as He had said to them; and they prepared the Passover.
Lk. 22:13 So they went and found it as He had said to them, and they prepared the Passover.
This is an amazing story in itself. No mortal man could have known these details in advance
The disciples had to at least suspect that what they were about to experience was not going to be an ordinary Passover.
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