15 And he said to them, "I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.
15 And he said to them, "I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.
15 and said, "You've no idea how much I have looked forward to eating this Passover meal with you before I enter my time of suffering.
15 Then He said to them, "With fervent desire I have desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer;
15 Jesus said, "I have been very eager to eat this Passover meal with you before my suffering begins.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Luke 22:15
Commentary on Luke 22:7-18
(Read Luke 22:7-18)
Christ kept the ordinances of the law, particularly that of the passover, to teach us to observe his gospel institutions, and most of all that of the Lord's supper. Those who go upon Christ's word, need not fear disappointment. According to the orders given them, the disciples got all ready for the passover. Jesus bids this passover welcome. He desired it, though he knew his sufferings would follow, because it was in order to his Father's glory and man's redemption. He takes his leave of all passovers, signifying thereby his doing away all the ordinances of the ceremonial law, of which the passover was one of the earliest and chief. That type was laid aside, because now in the kingdom of God the substance was come.