Luke 22:16
For I say to you, that from this time, I will not eat it, until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.”
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
For I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God.
In Context
15And he said to them: “With longing have I desired to eat this Passover with you, before I suffer.
17And having taken the chalice, he gave thanks, and he said: “Take this and share it among yourselves.
Cross References
Luke 14:15When someone sitting at table with him had heard these things, he said to him, “Blessed is he who will eat bread in the kingdom of God.”
John 6:27Do not work for food that perishes, but for that which endures to eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him.”
Acts 10:41not to all the people, but to the witnesses preordained by God, to those of us who ate and drank with him after he rose again from the dead.
Hebrews 10:1For the law contains the shadow of future good things, not the very image of these things. So, by the very same sacrifices which they offer ceaselessly each year, they can never cause these to approach perfection.
Matthew Henry on Luke 22:8-21
The Keeping of the Passover. 7 Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must be killed. 8 And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare us the passover, that we may eat. 9 And they said unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare? 10 And he said unto them, Behold, when ye are entered into the city, there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water; follow him into the house where he entereth in. 11 And ye shall say unto the goodman of the house, The Master saith unto thee, Where is the… Read the whole commentary →