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I. CHRIST'S DESIRE TO EAT THE PASSOVER. This in another place is expressed in the strongest terms (Luke 22:15). Now, this he might do for the following reasons:

1. It was the Lord's passover, so called in Exodus 12:11.

2. Hereby he gave an undeniable proof, that He was made under the ceremonial as well as moral law.

3. This was His last passover, and had an immediate relation to His subsequent sufferings.

4. The company with which He was to eat the passover, and the gospel ordinance He was about to institute in its room, might increase the ardour of His desire. Hence those tender words: "I shall eat the passover with My disciples."

II. Notice THE PLACE IN WHICH CHRIST WOULD EAT THIS PASSOVER. Not in Herod's, or the High Priest's palace; for He who took upon Him the form of a servant, did not affect state and grandeur. Not in the magnificent dwelling of a Roman officer, or Jewish ruler, where He might be attended with a numerous retinue of servants; He came not to be ministered to, but to minister. Now this may be considered as emblematical Ñ

1. Of the gospel Church.

2. It may resemble the renewed and sanctified heart. "Commune with your own heart" (Psalm 4:4). "Enter into your own chamber" (Hebrews) The furnished room may also resemble a heart endowed with all the gifts, and adorned with all the graces of the Spirit.

(B. Beddome, M. A. .)

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KJV: Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must be killed.

WEB: The day of unleavened bread came, on which the Passover must be sacrificed.