New International VersionHe will show you a large room upstairs, furnished and ready. Make preparations for us there.”
New Living TranslationHe will take you upstairs to a large room that is already set up. That is where you should prepare our meal.”
English Standard VersionAnd he will show you a large upper room furnished and ready; there prepare for us.”
Berean Standard BibleAnd he will show you a large upper room, furnished and ready. Make preparations for us there.”
Berean Literal BibleAnd he will show you a large upper room, having been furnished and ready. And prepare for us there."
King James BibleAnd he will shew you a large upper room furnished and prepared: there make ready for us.
New King James VersionThen he will show you a large upper room, furnished and prepared; there make ready for us.”
New American Standard BibleAnd he himself will show you a large upstairs room furnished and ready; prepare for us there.”
NASB 1995“And he himself will show you a large upper room furnished and ready; prepare for us there.”
NASB 1977“And he himself will show you a large upper room furnished and ready; and prepare for us there.”
Legacy Standard BibleAnd he himself will show you a large upper room furnished and ready; prepare for us there.”
Amplified BibleHe will show you a large upstairs room, furnished and ready [with carpets and dining couches]; prepare [the supper] for us there.”
Christian Standard BibleHe will show you a large room upstairs, furnished and ready. Make the preparations for us there.”
Holman Christian Standard BibleHe will show you a large room upstairs, furnished and ready. Make the preparations for us there.”
American Standard VersionAnd he will himself show you a large upper room furnished and ready: and there make ready for us.
Contemporary English VersionThe owner will take you upstairs and show you a large room furnished and ready for you to use. Prepare the meal there."
English Revised VersionAnd he will himself shew you a large upper room furnished and ready: and there make ready for us.
GOD'S WORD® TranslationHe will take you upstairs and show you a large room. The room will be completely furnished. Get everything ready for us there."
Good News TranslationThen he will show you a large upstairs room, fixed up and furnished, where you will get everything ready for us."
International Standard VersionThen he will show you a large upstairs room that is furnished and ready. Get everything ready for us there."
NET BibleHe will show you a large room upstairs, furnished and ready. Make preparations for us there."
New Heart English BibleHe will himself show you a large upper room furnished and ready. Make ready for us there."
Webster's Bible TranslationAnd he will show you a large upper room furnished and prepared: there make ready for us.
Weymouth New TestamentThen he will himself show you a large room upstairs, ready furnished: there make preparation for us." Majority Text Translations Majority Standard BibleAnd he will show you a large upper room, furnished and ready. Make preparations for us there.”
World English BibleHe will himself show you a large upper room furnished and ready. Get ready for us there.” Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd he will show you a large upper room, furnished, prepared—make ready for us there.”
Berean Literal BibleAnd he will show you a large upper room, having been furnished and ready. And prepare for us there."
Young's Literal Translation and he will shew you a large upper room, furnished, prepared -- there make ready for us.'
Smith's Literal TranslationAnd he will shew you a great apartment spread, ready: there prepare for us. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd he will shew you a large dining room furnished; and there prepare ye for us.
Catholic Public Domain VersionAnd he will show you a large cenacle, fully furnished. And there, you shall prepare it for us.”
New American BibleThen he will show you a large upper room furnished and ready. Make the preparations for us there.”
New Revised Standard VersionHe will show you a large room upstairs, furnished and ready. Make preparations for us there.” Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd he will show you a large upper room furnished and prepared; there make ready for us.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English“And behold, he will show you a great upper room, laid out and prepared; there make ready for us.” NT Translations Anderson New TestamentAnd he will show you a large upper room, furnished and made ready; there make ready for us.
Godbey New TestamentAnd he will show you a large upper room furnished, ready; there prepare for us.
Haweis New Testament
And he will shew you a large upper room ready furnished: there make preparation for us.
Mace New Testament
and he will shew you a large upper room ready furnished: there make preparation for us.
Weymouth New Testament
Then he will himself show you a large room upstairs, ready furnished: there make preparation for us."
Worrell New Testament
And he will show you a large upper room furnished and ready; and there make ready for us."
Worsley New Testament
And he will shew you a large upper room ready prepared, there make preparation for us.
Additional Translations ... Audio Bible
Context Preparing the Passover… 14and whichever house he enters, say to the owner, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is My guest room, where I may eat the Passover with My disciples?’ 15Andhewill showyoua largeupper room,furnishedand ready.Make preparationsfor usthere.”16So the disciples left and went into the city, where they found everything as Jesus had described. And they prepared the Passover.…
Cross References Luke 22:12And he will show you a large upper room, already furnished. Make preparations there.”
Matthew 26:18He answered, “Go into the city to a certain man and tell him that the Teacher says, ‘My time is near. I will keep the Passover with My disciples at your house.’”
Exodus 12:3-11Tell the whole congregation of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man must select a lamb for his family, one per household. / If the household is too small for a whole lamb, they are to share with the nearest neighbor based on the number of people, and apportion the lamb accordingly. / Your lamb must be an unblemished year-old male, and you may take it from the sheep or the goats. ...
1 Corinthians 5:7-8Get rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. / Therefore let us keep the feast, not with the old bread, leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and of truth.
John 13:1-2It was now just before the Passover Feast, and Jesus knew that His hour had come to leave this world and return to the Father. Having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the very end. / The evening meal was underway, and the devil had already put into the heart of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus.
Deuteronomy 16:5-6You are not to sacrifice the Passover animal in any of the towns that the LORD your God is giving you. / You must only offer the Passover sacrifice at the place the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for His Name. Do this in the evening as the sun sets, at the same time you departed from Egypt.
Hebrews 9:11-12But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that have come, He went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made by hands and is not a part of this creation. / He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption.
2 Chronicles 35:11-13And they slaughtered the Passover lambs, while the priests splattered the blood handed to them and the Levites skinned the animals. / They set aside the burnt offerings to be given to the divisions of the families of the people to offer to the LORD, as it is written in the Book of Moses. And they did the same with the bulls. / They roasted the Passover animals on the fire according to the regulation, and they boiled the other holy offerings in pots, kettles, and bowls and quickly brought them to all the people.
John 2:13-17When the Jewish Passover was near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. / In the temple courts He found men selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and money changers seated at their tables. / So He made a whip out of cords and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle. He poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. ...
Exodus 23:15You are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread as I commanded you: At the appointed time in the month of Abib you are to eat unleavened bread for seven days, because that was the month you came out of Egypt. No one may appear before Me empty-handed.
Leviticus 23:5-8The Passover to the LORD begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month. / On the fifteenth day of the same month begins the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the LORD. For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. / On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly; you are not to do any regular work. ...
Numbers 9:2-5“The Israelites are to observe the Passover at its appointed time. / You are to observe it at the appointed time, at twilight on the fourteenth day of this month, in accordance with its statutes and ordinances.” / So Moses told the Israelites to observe the Passover, ...
1 Corinthians 11:23-26For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night He was betrayed, took bread, / and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “This is My body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of Me.” / In the same way, after supper He took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.” ...
John 12:12-16The next day the great crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. / They took palm branches and went out to meet Him, shouting: “Hosanna!” “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Blessed is the King of Israel!” / Finding a young donkey, Jesus sat on it, as it is written: ...
2 Kings 23:21-23The king commanded all the people, “Keep the Passover of the LORD your God, as it is written in this Book of the Covenant.” / No such Passover had been observed from the days of the judges who had governed Israel through all the days of the kings of Israel and Judah. / But in the eighteenth year of Josiah’s reign, this Passover was observed to the LORD in Jerusalem.
Treasury of Scripture And he will show you a large upper room furnished and prepared: there make ready for us. he will. 2 Chronicles 6:30 Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and render unto every man according unto all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou only knowest the hearts of the children of men:) Psalm 110:3 Thy peopleshall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth. Proverbs 16:1 The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue,is from the LORD. upper. Acts 1:13 And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, Jamesthe son of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judasthe brother of James. Acts 20:8 And there were many lights in the upper chamber, where they were gathered together. Jump to Previous FurnishedGreatLargePreparationPreparationsPreparePreparedReadyRoomSeatsShewShowTableUpperUpstairsJump to Next FurnishedGreatLargePreparationPreparationsPreparePreparedReadyRoomSeatsShewShowTableUpperUpstairsMark 14 1.A conspiracy against Jesus.3.Expensive perfume is poured on his head by a woman.10.Judas sells his Master for money.12.Jesus himself foretells how he will be betrayed by one of his disciples;22.after the passover prepared, and eaten, institutes his last supper;26.declares beforehand the flight of all his disciples, and Peter's denial.43.Judas betrays him with a kiss.46.Jesus is apprehended in the garden;53.falsely accused and impiously condemned of the council;65.shamefully abused by them;66.and thrice denied by Peter.And he will show you a large upper roomIn the context of first-century Jerusalem, homes often had upper rooms that were used for gatherings and special occasions. This particular upper room is significant as it is the setting for the Last Supper, a pivotal event in the New Testament. The "large upper room" suggests a space that could accommodate Jesus and His disciples, indicating the importance of the event. Upper rooms were often used for prayer and teaching, as seen in Acts 1:13, where the disciples gathered after Jesus' ascension. This setting foreshadows the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, which also took place in an upper room. furnished and ready
The room being "furnished and ready" implies that it was prepared in advance, possibly by a follower of Jesus who understood the significance of the Passover meal. This preparation reflects the divine orchestration of events leading to Jesus' crucifixion. The readiness of the room symbolizes the fulfillment of God's plan and the preparedness required for the new covenant that Jesus would establish. The furnishings would have included the necessary items for a Passover meal, connecting this event to the Jewish tradition and highlighting Jesus as the fulfillment of the Passover lamb (1 Corinthians 5:7). Make preparations for us there.”
Jesus instructs His disciples to make preparations, emphasizing the importance of the Passover meal. This directive underscores the role of the disciples in participating in God's plan and the transition from the old covenant to the new covenant through Jesus' sacrifice. The preparations would have involved procuring the elements of the Passover meal, such as unleavened bread and wine, which Jesus would later use to institute the Lord's Supper. This act of preparation is a call to readiness and obedience, reflecting the disciples' role in the unfolding of redemptive history. Persons / Places / Events 1. JesusThe central figure in this passage, Jesus is preparing for the Passover with His disciples. His instructions demonstrate His foreknowledge and authority. 2. DisciplesSpecifically, Peter and John (as noted in parallel accounts) are sent by Jesus to prepare the Passover meal. They are obedient to Jesus' instructions. 3. Man with a Water JarThis unnamed man is a key figure in leading the disciples to the upper room. His presence is unusual, as carrying water was typically a woman's task, making him stand out. 4. Upper RoomA significant location where the Last Supper takes place. It is described as large, furnished, and ready, indicating divine preparation. 5. PassoverA Jewish feast commemorating the Israelites' deliverance from Egypt. This event is pivotal as it sets the stage for the institution of the Lord's Supper. Teaching Points Divine Preparation and ProvisionGod prepares the way for His purposes to be fulfilled. Just as the upper room was ready for Jesus and His disciples, God prepares our paths when we follow His will. Obedience to Christ's InstructionsThe disciples' obedience in following Jesus' seemingly unusual instructions demonstrates trust and faith. We are called to obey Christ, even when His directions are not immediately clear. Significance of the PassoverUnderstanding the Passover's significance helps us appreciate the depth of Jesus' sacrifice. It is a reminder of God's deliverance and the new covenant established through Christ. Community and FellowshipThe gathering in the upper room emphasizes the importance of community and fellowship among believers. We are encouraged to gather and share in the Lord's Supper, remembering His sacrifice. Bible Study Questions and Answers 1.What is the meaning of Mark 14:15?
2.How does Mark 14:15 demonstrate God's provision in unexpected circumstances?
3.What does the "large upper room" symbolize in the context of biblical hospitality?
4.How can we prepare our hearts like the "furnished and ready" room?
5.How does Mark 14:15 connect to Old Testament examples of divine preparation?
6.In what ways can we trust God to provide for our needs today?
7.What does Mark 14:15 reveal about Jesus' foreknowledge and divine planning?
8.How does Mark 14:15 demonstrate the fulfillment of prophecy?
9.What is the significance of the "large upper room" in Mark 14:15?
10.What are the top 10 Lessons from Mark 14?
11.Why is the Upper Room significant?
12.What is the meaning of the blessed hope?
13.Was Jesus crucified before or after the Passover meal? Mark suggests after (Mark 14:12-17), while John indicates before (John 13:29-30, 18:28, 19:14).
14.Is God our eternal dwelling place?What Does Mark 14:15 Mean And he will show youMark 14:13–14 sets the scene: “He sent two of His disciples and told them, ‘Go into the city, and a man carrying a jug of water will meet you. Follow him.’” • Jesus knows exactly what will happen before it happens, revealing His divine omniscience (John 2:24–25;John 13:1). • The simple instruction calls for immediate obedience, echoing earlier moments when servants followed seemingly ordinary signs that proved extraordinary (1 Kings 17:9–10;Genesis 24:13–15). • The reliability of Christ’s word assures believers today that every directive in Scripture can be trusted (Psalm 19:7;Matthew 24:35).
A large upper roomThe destination is not random: “a large upper room.” • “Upper rooms” were private, elevated spaces ideal for prayer and fellowship (Acts 1:13;Acts 9:37–40). • Size matters—large enough for the Twelve plus Jesus, and later for the institution of the Lord’s Supper, prefiguring the worldwide church (Revelation 7:9). • God often provides specific places for pivotal moments: Elijah on Mount Carmel (1 Kings 18:19), Moses on Sinai (Exodus 24:12).
Furnished and readyEverything needed is already in place. • The furnishings point to Christ’s prior preparation—nothing catches Him off guard (John 6:6). • Just as the Father “prepares a table” (Psalm 23:5) and supplies every need (Philippians 4:19), this room shows physical evidence of divine provision. • The readiness of the room mirrors God’s works prepared “in advance for us to do” (Ephesians 2:10), encouraging believers to step into assignments fully equipped.
Make preparations for us thereJesus involves His disciples in final Passover arrangements. • Although the room is ready, the disciples must still prepare the meal (Exodus 12:3–11;Luke 22:13). Faith does not cancel diligence. • Their task foreshadows believers examining themselves before the Lord’s Table (1 Corinthians 11:28). • “For us” underscores fellowship: Christ desires to share this moment with His own, anticipating both the cross and the coming kingdom meal (Luke 22:15–18). • It also hints at His ongoing work of preparing a place for His people (John 14:2–3), while calling them to readiness (1 Peter 1:13).
summaryMark 14:15 reveals Jesus’ foreknowledge, provision, and partnership with His disciples. He points them to a specific, spacious, fully equipped place and invites them to finish the necessary preparations. The verse reassures believers that the Lord has already arranged what is needed; our role is to trust His word, obey promptly, and participate in the work He places before us. (15) Furnished and prepared.--The first word implied that it was not a bare, empty chamber, but set out with cushions or divans, on which the guests could recline; the second, that it was specially arranged for the Paschal Supper of that evening. Verse 15. - And he will himself show you a large upper room furnished andready. He himself, that is, the goodman of the house; perhaps John Mark. This upper room was furnished and ready ( ἐστρωμένον ἕτοιμον); furnished, that is, with table and couches and tapestry, and in all respects ready for the purpose.
Parallel Commentaries ...
Greek Andκαὶ(kai)Conjunction
Strong's 2532:And, even, also, namely.heαὐτὸς(autos)Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846:He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.will showδείξει(deixei)Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1166:A prolonged form of an obsolete primary of the same meaning; to show.youὑμῖν(hymin)Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 4771:You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.a largeμέγα(mega)Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 3173:Large, great, in the widest sense.upper room,ἀνάγαιον(anagaion)Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 508:From ano and ge; above the ground, i.e. the second floor of a building; used for a dome or a balcony on the upper story.furnishedἐστρωμένον(estrōmenon)Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 4766:To spread, make a bed. Or simpler stronnuo, prolongation from a still simpler stroo, ; to 'strew, ' i.e. Spread.[and] ready.ἕτοιμον(hetoimon)Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 2092:Ready, prepared. From an old noun heteos; adjusted, i.e. Ready.Make preparationsἑτοιμάσατε(hetoimasate)Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 2090:To make ready, prepare. From hetoimos; to prepare.for usἡμῖν(hēmin)Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 1st Person Plural
Strong's 1473:I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.there.”ἐκεῖ(ekei)Adverb
Strong's 1563:(a) there, yonder, in that place, (b) thither, there. Of uncertain affinity; there; by extension, thither.
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