And he sent two of his disciples and said to them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him,
In these verses we have, I. Christ's eating the passover with his disciples, the night before he died, with the joys and comforts of which ordinance he prepared himself for his approaching sorrows, the full prospect of which did not indispose him for that solemnity.
Commenting on Mark 14:12-31
And he sendeth forth two of his disciples,.... Peter and John, as appears from Luk 22:8; and saith unto them, go ye into the city; the city of Jerusalem; for there only the passover might be eaten, Deu 26:2; and there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water; a servant of the master of the house that was sent for water, to...
Bearing a pitcher of water - How correct is the foreknowledge of Jesus Christ! Even the minutest circumstances are comprehended by it! An honest employment, howsoever mean, is worthy the attention of God; and even a man bearing a pitcher of water is marked in all his steps, and is an object of the merciful regards of the Most High.