Matthew 26 · Verse 19

Matthew 26:19

And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them; and they made ready the passover.
Matthew 26:19, King James Version

Matthew 26:19 in other translations

BSBSo the disciples did as Jesus had directed them and prepared the Passover.
WEBThe disciples did as Jesus commanded them, and they prepared the Passover.
ASVAnd the disciples did as Jesus appointed them; and they made ready the passover.
YLTand the disciples did as Jesus appointed them, and prepared the passover.
DARBYAnd the disciples did as Jesus had directed them, and they prepared the passover.
BBEAnd the disciples did as Jesus had said to them; and they made ready the Passover.
WebsterAnd the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them; and they made ready the passover.

What does Matthew 26:19 mean?

Barnes' Notes
Verse 19. They made ready the Passover. That is, they procured a paschal lamb, multitudes of which were kept for sale in the temple; they procured it to be killed and flayed by the priests, and the blood to be poured at the altar; they roasted the lamb, and prepared the bitter herbs, the sauce, and the unleavened bread. This was done, it seems, while our Lord was absent, by the two disciples.

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 19 And the disciples did - The disciples that were sent on this errand were Peter and John. See Luk 22:8. They made ready the passover - That is, they provided the lamb, etc., which were appointed by the law for this solemnity. Mr. Wakefield justly observes, "that the Jews considered the passover as a sacrificial rite; Josephus calls it θυσιαν, A Sacrifice; and Trypho, in Justin Martyr, speaks of προβατον του πασχα θυειν, Sacrificing the paschal lamb. But what comes nearer to the point is this, that Maimonides, one of the most eminent of the Jewish rabbins, has a particular treatise on the paschal sacrifice; and throughout that piece, speaks of the lamb as a victim, and of the solemnity itself as a sacrifice. And R. Bechai, in his commentary on Lev 2:11, says that the paschal sacrifice was of a piacular nature, in order to expiate the guilt contracted by the idolatrous practices of the Israelites in Egypt." It was highly necessary that this should be considered as an expiatory sacrifice, as it typified that Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. For much more on this important subject than can, with propriety, be introduced into these notes, see a Discourse on the Eucharist, lately published by the author of this work.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Matthew 26:17-25

Observe, the place for their eating the passover was pointed out by Christ to the disciples. He knows those hidden ones who favour his cause, and will graciously visit all who are willing to receive him. The disciples did as Jesus had appointed. Those who would have Christ's presence in the gospel passover, must do what he says. It well becomes the disciples of Christ always to be jealous over themselves, especially…

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Matthew 26:19 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
ἐποίησανepoiēsandidG4160
οἱhoitheG3588
μαθηταὶmathētaidisciplesG3101
ὡςhōsasG5613
συνέταξενsunetaxendirectedG4929
αὐτοῖςautoisthemG846
ὁho<the>G3588
Ἰησοῦς,IēsousJesus,G2424
καὶkaiandG2532
ἡτοίμασανhētoimasanpreparedG2090
τὸtotheG3588
πάσχα.¶paschaPassover.G3957

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

Cross references for Matthew 26:19

  • Matthew 21:6

    And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them,

  • John 2:5

    His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.

  • John 15:14

    Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.

  • 2 Chronicles 35:10-11

    So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their courses, according to the king’s commandment. And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled the blood from their hands, and the Levites flayed them.

  • Exodus 12:4-8

    And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb. Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats: 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. And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the disciples.
21:6; Joh 2:5; 15:14
and they.
Ex 12:4-8; 2Ch 35:10,11

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Context

  • Matthew 26:18

    And he said, Go into the city to such a man, and say unto him, The Master saith, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at thy house with my disciples.

  • Matthew 26:19

    And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them; and they made ready the passover.

  • Matthew 26:20

    Now when the even was come, he sat down with the twelve.

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Matthew 26:19 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y los discípulos hicieron como Jesús les mandó, y aderezaron la pascua.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et les disciples firent comme Jésus leur avait ordonné, et ils apprêtèrent la pâque.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und die Jünger taten, wie Jesus ihnen befohlen hatte, und bereiteten das Passah.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et fecerunt discipuli sicut constituit illis Jesus, et paraverunt Pascha.