17 Now on the first day of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Where will you have us prepare for you to eat the Passover?” 18 He said, “Go into the city to a certain man and say to him, ‘The Teacher says, My time is at hand. I will keep the Passover at your house with my disciples.’” 19 And the disciples did as Jesus had directed them, and they prepared the Passover.
Jesus celebrated His final Passover with the disciples in verses 17 through 19.
26:17
Now on the first day of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Where will you have us prepare for you to eat the Passover?”
The Feast of Unleavened Bread was a seven-day feast. Passover was the first of eight days. The Jews sacrificed Passover lambs on this day. The seven-day Feast of Unleavened Bread followed immediately after the Passover; sometimes the entire eight-day period was called Passover week. Both feasts commemorated the exodus from Egypt.
26:18
He said, “Go into the city [Jerusalem] to a certain man and say to him, ‘The Teacher says, My time is at hand. I will keep the Passover at your house with my disciples.’”
Jesus sent Peter and John to make preparation for the Passover meal in Jerusalem (Lu 22:8). Matthew does not identify the “certain man.”
26:19
And the disciples did as Jesus had directed them, and they prepared the Passover.
The disciples prepared food for Passover. Jesus made careful preparation to communicate His coming death on the cross by the blood that allowed judgment to pass over Israel. His shed blood would pay for the sin of man for all time.
PRINCIPLE:
God uses unidentified people for His glory.
APPLICATION:
There are people in every church that serve without recognition. They work behind the scenes without applause or even acknowledgement. These people will receive great reward in heaven.
