Mark - 14:15



15 He will himself show you a large upper room furnished and ready. Get ready for us there."

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Explanation and meaning of Mark 14:15.

Differing Translations

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And he will shew you a large upper room furnished and prepared: there make ready for us.
And he will himself show you a large upper room furnished and ready: and there make ready for us.
And he will shew you a large dining room furnished; and there prepare ye for us.
and he will shew you a large upper room furnished ready. There make ready for us.
And he will show you a large upper room furnished and prepared: there make ready for us.
Then he will himself show you a large room upstairs, ready furnished: there make preparation for us."
And he will take you up himself to a great room with a table and seats: there make ready for us.
And he will show you a large cenacle, fully furnished. And there, you shall prepare it for us."
He will himself show you a large upstairs room, set out ready; and there make preparations for us."

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

A large upper room - The word used here denotes the upper room devoted to purposes of prayer, repose, and often of eating. See the notes at Matthew 9:1-8.
Furnished and prepared - Literally, "spread" and "ready." Spread with a carpet, or with "couches" such as were used in eating. See the notes at Matthew 23:6.

Furnished - Spread with carpets - εστρωμενον - so this word is often used. See Wakefield. But it may also signify the couches on which the guests reclined when eating. It does not appear that the Jews ate the passover now, as their fathers did formerly, standing, with their shoes on, and their staves in their hands.

And he will shew you a large (e) upper room furnished [and] prepared: there make ready for us.
(e) The Greek word signifies that part of the house that is highest from the ground, and because they used to eat supper in that part of the house they called it a supper room, no matter what they were using it for.

And he will show you a large upper room,.... A room in the highest part of the house, large enough for such a company, for thirteen persons, which was the number of Christ and his disciples:
furnished and prepared; with a table, and a sufficient number of couches to sit, or lie upon, and with all proper vessels necessary on such an occasion:
there make ready for us; the passover.

Furnished - The word properly means, spread with carpets.

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