Mark 14 · Verse 15

Mark 14:15

And he will shew you a large upper room furnished and prepared: there make ready for us.
Mark 14:15, King James Version

Mark 14:15 in other translations

BSBAnd he will show you a large upper room, furnished and ready. Make preparations for us there.”
WEBHe will himself show you a large upper room furnished and ready. Get ready for us there.”
ASVAnd he will himself show you a large upper room furnished and ready: and there make ready for us.
YLTand he will shew you a large upper room, furnished, prepared--there make ready for us.'
DARBYand he will shew you a large upper room furnished ready. There make ready for us.
BBEAnd he will take you up himself to a great room with a table and seats: there make ready for us.
WebsterAnd he will show you a large upper room furnished and prepared: there make ready for us.

What does Mark 14:15 mean?

Barnes' Notes
Verse 15. A large upper room. The word used here denotes the upper room devoted to purposes of prayer, repose, and often of eating. Mt 9:2.

Furnished and prepared. Literally, spread and ready. Spread with a carpet, or with couches, such as were used in eating. Mt 23:6.

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 15 Furnished - Spread with carpets - εστρωμενον - so this word is often used. See Wakefield. But it may also signify the couches on which the guests reclined when eating. It does not appear that the Jews ate the passover now, as their fathers did formerly, standing, with their shoes on, and their staves in their hands.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Mark 14:12-21

Nothing could be less the result of human foresight than the events here related. But our Lord knows all things about us before they come to pass. If we admit him, he will dwell in our hearts. The Son of man goes, as it is written of him, as a lamb to the slaughter; but woe to that man by whom he is betrayed! God's permitting the sins of men, and bringing glory to himself out of them, does not oblige them to sin…

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Mark 14:15 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

καὶkaiAndG2532
αὐτὸςautoshe himselfG846
ὑμῖνhuminyouG4771
δείξειdeixeiwill showG1166
ἀνάγαιονanagaionan upper roomG508
μέγαmegalargeG3173
ἐστρωμένονestrōmenonfurnishedG4766
ἕτοιμον·hetoimon[and] ready;G2092
ἐκεῖekeithereG1563
ἑτοιμάσατεhetoimasatedo prepareG2090
ἡμῖν.hēminfor us.G3165

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Mark 14:15

  • Acts 1:13

    And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alpheus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James.

  • John 21:17

    He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.

  • Proverbs 21:1-2

    The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will. Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the Lord pondereth the hearts.

  • Proverbs 16:1

    The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the Lord.

  • 2 Chronicles 6:30

    Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and render unto every man according unto all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou only knowest the hearts of the children of men:)

  • John 2:24-25

    But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men, And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.

  • Acts 20:8

    And there were many lights in the upper chamber, where they were gathered together.

  • Psalms 110:3

    Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.

  • 2 Timothy 2:19

    Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.

  • Hebrews 4:13

    Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
he will.
2Ch 6:30; Ps 110:3; Pr 16:1; 21:1,2; Joh 2:24,25; 21:17; 2Ti 2:19
Heb 4:13
upper.
Ac 1:13; 20:8

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Context

  • Mark 14:14

    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?

  • Mark 14:15

    And he will shew you a large upper room furnished and prepared: there make ready for us.

  • Mark 14:16

    And his disciples went forth, and came into the city, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover.

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Mark 14:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y él os mostrará un gran cenáculo ya preparado: aderezad para nosotros allí.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et lui vous montrera une grande chambre garnie, toute prête; apprêtez-nous là ce qu’il faut.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und derselbe wird euch einen großen Obersaal zeigen, mit Polstern belegt und fertig; daselbst bereitet für uns.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et ipse vobis demonstrabit cœnaculum grande, stratum: et illic parate nobis.