<p>26:17&nbsp;<i>Now on the first day of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying: Where do you want us to</i>- This is noted so often, as if the Lord was alone, presumably in prayer to the Father, and wasn't with the disciples all the time.</p><p><i>Prepare the Passover for you to eat?</i>- Lk. 22:8 adds the detail that actually this was said in response to Peter and John being told to go and prepare the Passover. Mk. 14:15 brings out the paradox that the Lord directed them to an upper room that was already &quot;prepared&quot; (s.w.), and there they prepared the Passover. The Lord had taught that the festal meal was already prepared for His people (22:4 s.w.). The Lord was surely using the language of Passover preparation in saying that He was going to the cross to prepare a place for us (Jn. 14:1-3)- and He said that at the very time Passover was being prepared. His request that&nbsp;<i>they</i>&nbsp;prepare Passover was therefore asking for a mutuality in response from them.</p>