Luke 22:15
What does Luke 22:15 mean?
A plain-English look at Luke 22:15 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
What Luke 22:15 means
Jesus reveals His heart: He has earnestly desired to eat this Passover with His disciples before He suffers. The phrase intensifies His longing; this is no casual meal. He knows the cross lies ahead, yet He wants this time to interpret His death for them and to strengthen their faith. The Passover setting is vital, for He will show Himself as the true Lamb. His desire also displays love—He shares the feast with those who will soon scatter, and even with the betrayer present. The verse invites us to see the Lord’s willing, loving embrace of the path to suffering, not as tragedy but as mission—to inaugurate the new covenant and secure salvation for His people through His body and blood.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer:
KJV
King James Version · 1611And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer:
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And he said, I have had a great desire to keep this Passover with you before I come to my death;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and he said unto them, `With desire I did desire to eat this passover with you before my suffering,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And he said to them: With desire I have desired to eat this pasch with you, before I suffer.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And he said to them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer.
Context
As the meal begins, Jesus opens with a personal confession of longing, framing everything that follows. Next He will say He will not eat the Passover again until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God, shifting their thoughts to future consummation. Then He will take a cup and the bread, give thanks, and assign them new significance tied to His imminent sacrifice. The tone alternates between tender intimacy and sober anticipation of suffering and fulfillment.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- John 4:34
Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to accomplish his work.
- Luke 12:50
But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!
- John 13:1
Now before the feast of the passover, Jesus knowing that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own that were in the world, he loved them unto the end.
- John 17:1
These things spake Jesus; and lifting up his eyes to heaven, he said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that the Son may glorify thee:
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