BURKITT : | Mr 14:1-2 | Mr 14:3-9 | Mr 14:10-11 | Mr 14:12-16 | Mr 14:17-21 | Mr 14:22-26 | Mr 14:27-31 | Mr 14:32-42 | Mr 14:43-50 | Mr 14:51-65 | Mr 14v66-72 | KJV
Reference
12 And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the passover, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare that thou mayest eat the passover? 13 And he sendeth forth two of his disciples, and saith unto them, Go ye into the city, and there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water: follow him. 14 And wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to the goodman of the house, The Master saith, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples? 15 And he will shew you a large upper room furnished and prepared: there make ready for us. 16 And his disciples went forth, and came into the city, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover. (Mark 14:12-16 KJV)
William Burkitt’s Commentary
The time for the celebration of the Passover being now at hand, Christ sends two of his disciples to Jerusalem to prepare things necessary in order thereunto.
And here we have observable, 1. An eminent proof of Christ’s divine nature, in telling them all the particulars which they should meet within the city, as A man bearing a pitcher of water, &c.
2. How readily the heart of this householder was disposed to receive our Saviour and his disciples and to accommodate them with all things needful upon this occasion. Our blessed Saviour had not a lamb of his own, and peradventure no money wherewith to buy one, yet he finds as excellent accommodations in this poor man’s house, as if he had dwelt in Ahad’s ivory palace, and had the provision of Solomon’s table.
When Christ has a Passover to celebrate, he will dispose the heart to a free reception of himself. The room which Christ will enter into, must be a large room, an upper room, furnished and prepared; a large room, is an enlarged heart, enlarged with love and thankfulness; an upper room, is a heart exalted, not puffed up with pride, but lifted up by heavenly-mindedness; a room furnished, is a soul adorned with the graces of the Holy Spirit; into such a heart, and only such, will Christ enter.