Luke 22:15 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

¹⁵ And He said to them, “I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover meal with you [men] before I suffer [i.e., torture and death].

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ And He said to them, I have earnestly and intensely desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer;

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁵ And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer:

Common English Bible

¹⁵ He said to them, “I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ And he said to them: "With longing have I desired to eat this Passover with you, before I suffer.

Luke 22:15 Cross References

Luke 12:50

But I have an immersion to experience [i.e., overwhelming suffering to undergo. See Mark 10:38-39], and what stress I am under until it happens!

John 13:1

Now it was before the Passover Festival [was to begin] and Jesus knew that the time had come for Him to leave this world and return to the Father. Those [living] in the world, whom He had loved, and who were His own [disciples], He continued to love [dearly] to the very end [i.e., of His life on earth].

John 4:34

Jesus answered them; “My food is doing what God, who sent me, wants me to, and accomplishing His work.

John 17:1

After saying these things, Jesus looked up to heaven and said, “Father, the time has come; honor your Son so that your Son may honor you.

Luke 22:14

And when the time came [for the Passover meal], Jesus reclined with His apostles [at the table]. [Note: See Matt. 23:6].

Luke 22:16

For I tell you, I will not eat it again until [I do so when] it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God [See Matt. 26:29].”