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Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Matthew 26:17-19

139. Jesus prepares the Passover (Matthew 26:17-19; Mark 14:12-16; Luke 22:7-13)Normally the Jews killed the sacrificial lamb on the afternoon of Passover day, and ate it together in a meal that night (cf. Exodus 12:6,Exodus 12:8). Jesus knew he was to die as the sacrificial lamb on Passover day, and therefore he prepared the meal a day earlier. He would eat the meal with his disciples the evening before Passover, but probably without a lamb, since he himself was to be the lamb.Knowing that the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 26:8

His disciples. In the former case it was Judas Iscariot. App-158 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 26:10

understood = got to know. Greek. ginosko. App-132 . Not the same word as in verses: Matthew 26:2 , Matthew 26:70 , Matthew 26:72 , Matthew 26:74 . good = excellent. upon = toward. Greek. eis. App-104 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 26:11

with. Greek. meta. App-104 . not. Greek. ou App-105 . Not the same as in verses: Matthew 26:26 , Matthew 26:5 , Matthew 26:29 , Matthew 26:35 ; but the same as in verses: Matthew 26:24 , Matthew 26:39 , Matthew 26:40 , Matthew 24:42 , Mat 24:53 , Mat 70:72 , Mat 70:74 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 26:12

burial = embalming. Compare John 19:40 . Should be the same as in Mark 14:8 . John 12:7 . It is the Septuagint for Hebrew. hanat, in Genesis 50:2 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 26:13

Verily. See note on Matthew 5:18 . this gospel = the good news. preached = proclaimed. App-121 . world. Greek. kosmos. App-129 . also this, that = this also which. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 26:15

will ye give . . . ? = what are ye willing to give? will. Greek. thelo. App-102 . covenanted with him = they placed for him [in the balance]: i.e. they weighed to him. thirty pieces of silver. See App-161 . These were shekels of the Sanctuary. App-51 . This was the price of an ox which had gored a servant (Exodus 21:32 ). It was here destined for the purchase of sacrifices. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 26:17

the first day. The eating of the Passover took place on the fourteenth of Nisan. See Exodus 12:6 , Exodus 12:8 , Exodus 12:18 . Leviticus 23:5 .Numbers 9:3 ; Numbers 28:16 . The fifteenth was the high sabbath, the first day of the feast. See Numbers 28:17 . Where . . . ? This question shows that the date was the fourteenth of Nisan. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 26:8

But when the disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?Judas kept the bag and, as John revealed, he was not at all concerned for the poor, but wanted the money in the bag that he might steal it. This was not the first nor the last time that unworthy motives and designs were cloaked in pious words. Many a worthy project has been opposed, and others equally advocated, from motives as impure and selfish as those of Judas Iscariot. Matthew and Mark both indicate... read more

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