Matthew 26:17

Bishops' Bible (1568)

The first day of sweete bread, the disciples came to Iesus, saying vnto him: Where wylt thou that we prepare for thee, to eate the Passouer?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

¶Τῇ δὲ πρώτῃ τῶν ἀζύμων προσῆλθον οἱ μαθηταὶ τῷ Ἰησοῦ, λέγοντες αὐτῷ, Ποῦ θέλεις ἑτοιμάσωμέν σοι φαγεῖν τὸ πάσχα;

Transliteration

¶On the de first of the azymōn prosēlthon the mathētai to the Iēsou, legontes to him, Where theleis we should hetoimasōmen for you phagein the pascha?

Grammar Details

• *de*: conjunction - but/and/now
• *azymōn*: genitive, neuter, plural - of unleavened bread
• *prosēlthon*: aorist, 3rd plural, active - they came to/approached
• *mathētai*: nominative, masculine, plural - disciples
• *Iēsou*: dative, masculine, singular - to Jesus
• *legontes*: present, active, participle, nominative, masculine, plural - saying
• *theleis*: present, 2nd singular, active - you wish/want
• *hetoimasōmen*: aorist, 1st plural, subjunctive, active - we should prepare
• *phagein*: aorist, active, infinitive - to eat
• *pascha*: accusative, neuter, singular - Passover

Word Meanings

• *azymōn*: unleavened bread/feast of unleavened bread
• *prosēlthon*: came to/approached
• *theleis*: wish/want/desire
• *hetoimasōmen*: should prepare/make ready
• *phagein*: to eat/consume
• *pascha*: Passover/Passover meal

Referenced Verses

• Exod 12:18-20 : 18 The first moneth, and the fourteenth daye of the moneth, at euen ye shall eate vnleauened bread, vnto the 21 day of the same moneth at euen againe. 19 Seuen dayes shal ther be no leauened bread founde in your houses: and whosoeuer eateth leauened bread, that soule shalbe rooted out from the congregatio of Israel, whether he be straunger or borne in the lande. 20 Ye shall eate nothyng leauened: but in all your habitations shall ye eate vnleauened bread.
• Exod 12:6 : 6 And ye shall kepe hym in vntyll the fourteenth day of the same moneth: and euery assemble of the congregation of Israel shall kyll hym about euen.
• Exod 13:6-8 : 6 Seuen dayes thou shalt eate vnleauened bread, and in the seuenth daye it is the feast of the Lorde. 7 Unleauened bread shalbe eaten seuen dayes, and there shal no leauened bread be seene nor yet eaten with thee in al thy quarters. 8 And thou shalt shewe thy sonne in that day, saying: This is done because of that whiche the Lorde dyd vnto me when I came out of Egypt.
• Lev 23:5-6 : 5 In the fourteenth day of the first moneth at euen, is the Lordes Passouer: 6 And on the fifteenth day of the same moneth, is the feast of vnleauened bread vnto the Lorde: seuen dayes ye must eate vnleauened bread.
• Num 28:16-17 : 16 And the fourteenth day of the first moneth, is the Passouer of the Lorde. 17 And in the fifteenth day of the same moneth is the feast: seuen dayes long shall vnleauened bread be eaten.
• Deut 16:1-4 : 1 Obserue the moneth of newe corne, that thou mayest offer the Passouer vnto ye Lord thy God: For in the moneth when corne begynneth to rype, the Lorde thy God brought thee out of Egypt by nyght. 2 Thou shalt therfore offer the Passouer vnto the Lorde thy God (of sheepe and oxen) in the place which the Lorde shall choose to put his name there. 3 Thou shalt eate no leauened bread with it: but seuen dayes shalt thou eate vnleauened bread therwith, euen the bread of tribulation (for thou camest out of the lande of Egypt in haste) that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest out of the lande of Egypt, all the dayes of thy lyfe. 4
• Matt 3:15 : 15 Iesus aunsweryng, sayde vnto hym: Suffer it to be so nowe. For thus it becommeth vs, to fulfyll all righteousnes. Then he suffred hym.
• Matt 17:24-25 : 24 And when they were come to Capernaum, they that receaued tribute money, came to Peter, and sayde: Doth not your maister pay tribute? 25 He sayth: yes. And when he was come into the house, Iesus preuented hym, saying: What thynkest thou Simon? of whom do the kynges of the earth take tribute or toule? of the chyldren, or of straungers?
• Matt 26:19 : 19 And the disciples dyd as Iesus had appoynted them: and they made redye the Passouer.
• Mark 14:12-16 : 12 And the first day of vnleuened bread, when they dyd sacrifice the Passouer, his disciples sayde vnto hym: Where wylt thou that we go and prepare, that thou mayest eate the Passouer? 13 And he sendeth foorth two of his disciples, and sayth vnto them: Go ye into the citie, & there shall meete you a man bearing a pitcher of water, folowe him. 14 And whyther soeuer he goeth in, say ye to the good man of the house, the maister sayth: Where is the ghest chaumber, where I shall eate the Pasouer with my disciples? 15 And he wyll shewe you a large vpper chaumber, paued and prepared: there make redy for vs. 16 And his disciples went foorth, & came into the citie, & founde as he had sayd vnto them: & they made redy the Passouer.
• Luke 22:7-9 : 7 Then came the day of sweete breade, when of necessitie the Passouer must be offered. 8 And he sent Peter and Iohn, saying: Go and prepare vs the Passouer, that we may eate. 9 They sayde vnto hym: Where wylt thou that we prepare? 10 And he sayde vnto them: Beholde, when ye enter into the citie, there shall a man meete you, bearyng a pitcher of water, hym folowe into the same house that he entreth in. 11 And ye shall say vnto the good man of the house, the maister saith vnto thee, where is the ghest chamber, where I shall eate ye Passouer with my disciples? 12 And he shal shew you an vpper chamber prepared, there make redye. 13 And they went, and founde as he had sayde vnto them: and they made redye the Passouer.