Matthew 26:17

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ Now the first [day] of the [feast of] unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the passover?

📖 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 In the first [month], on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even. 19 Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land. 20 Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread.
• Exod 12:6 : 6 And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.
• Exod 13:6-8 : 6 Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day [shall be] a feast to the LORD. 7 Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen with thee in all thy quarters. 8 And thou shalt shew thy son in that day, saying, [This is done] because of that [which] the LORD did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt.
• Lev 23:5-6 : 5 In the fourteenth [day] of the first month at even [is] the LORD'S passover. 6 And on the fifteenth day of the same month [is] the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread.
• Num 28:16-17 : 16 ¶ And in the fourteenth day of the first month [is] the passover of the LORD. 17 And in the fifteenth day of this month [is] the feast: seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten.
• Deut 16:1-4 : 1 ¶ Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD thy God: for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night. 2 Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the LORD thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the LORD shall choose to place his name there. 3 Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, [even] the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life. 4 And there shall be no leavened bread seen with thee in all thy coast seven days; neither shall there [any thing] of the flesh, which thou sacrificedst the first day at even, remain all night until the morning.
• Matt 3:15 : 15 And Jesus answering said unto him, ‹Suffer› [it to be so] ‹now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness.› Then he suffered him.
• Matt 17:24-25 : 24 ¶ And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tribute [money] came to Peter, and said, Doth not your master pay tribute? 25 He saith, Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying, ‹What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? of their own children, or of strangers?›
• Matt 26:19 : 19 And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them; and they made ready the passover.
• Mark 14:12-16 : 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.
• Luke 22:7-9 : 7 ¶ Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must be killed. 8 And he sent Peter and John, saying, ‹Go and prepare us the passover, that we may eat.› 9 And they said unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare? 10 And he said unto them, ‹Behold, when ye are entered into the city, there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water; follow him into the house where he entereth in.› 11 ‹And ye shall say unto the goodman of the house, The Master saith unto thee, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples?› 12 ‹And he shall shew you a large upper room furnished: there make ready.› 13 And they went, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover.