MARK 14:13 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“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.”
So he sent two of his disciples, telling them, go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him — the water-jar carrier is the distinctive sign: men carried water in wineskins; women carried it in jars. A man carrying a jar of water would be immediately noticeable and identifiable. The instruction to follow him without approaching first communicates the same pre-arranged signal as the colt-finding of chapter 11.
Church Fathers on Mark 14:13
He means by the first day of the Passover the fourteenth day of the first month, when they throw aside leaven, and were wont to sacrifice, that is, to kill the lamb at even. The Apostle explaining this says, 'Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us.' [1 Cor 5:7].
But the unleavened bread which was eaten with bitterness, that is with bitter herbs, is our redemption, and the bitterness is the Passion of Our Lord.
From the words of the disciples, 'Where wilt thou that we go?', it seems evident that Christ had no dwelling-place, and that the disciples had no houses of their own; for if so, they would have taken Him thither.
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