Luke 22:16
For I say to you, that from this time I will not eat it, till it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 desire I have desired to eat this pasch with you, before I suffer.
17And having taken the chalice, he gave thanks, and said: Take, and divide it among you:
Cross References
Luke 14:15When one of them that sat at table with him, had heard these things, he said to him: Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.
John 6:27Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that which endureth unto life everlasting, which the Son of man will give you. For him hath God, the Father, sealed.
Acts 10:41Not to all the people, but to witnesses preordained by God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him after he arose again from the dead;
Hebrews 10:1For the law having a shadow of the good things to come, not the very image of the things; by the selfsame sacrifices which they offer continually every year, can never make the comers thereunto perfect:
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 →