The Nugget:
Luke 22:13 And they went, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover.
My Comment:
A number of times in the Gospel records it happened that the disciples “found as he had said unto them.” Taken together, I believe these passages demonstrate that Jesus was omniscient. To me, the most remarkable instance is found at Matthew 17:27,
Mat 17:27 Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: that take, and give unto them for me and thee.
In context, Peter had been challenged by the Temple tax collectors, who asked him, “Doth not your master pay tribute?” When Peter arrived back at the house where Jesus was, Jesus anticipated Peter before Peter had a chance to say a word, for Jesus knew about what the collectors of the tribute money had asked Peter.
Jesus told Peter to go to the sea, cast in his hook, and take up the first fish, and take the needed tax money out of the mouth of the fish–enough to pay the tax for both Peter and Jesus. How did Jesus know that poor fish had the proper size coin in its mouth and would bite on the hook Peter cast into the water? This surely is a mark of omniscience on the part of Jesus.
On Wednesday of Passion Week, Jesus similarly directed Peter and John about how to find where they should prepare for the Passover Meal:
Luk 22:7 Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must be killed.
Luk 22:8 And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare us the passover, that we may eat.
Luk 22:9 And they said unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare?
Luk 22:10 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.
Luk 22:11 And ye shall say unto the goodman of the house, The Master saith unto thee, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples?
Luk 22:12 And he shall shew you a large upper room furnished: there make ready.
Luk 22:13 And they went, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover.
The Companion Bible comments on the words “a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water,” that this was “An unusual sight. They might have met many men carrying wine-skins, and women carrying pitchers, but not a man carrying a pitcher.”
There are some who earnestly believe and teach that Jesus was crucified on Wednesday, not Friday, as traditionally believed. They argue that Matthew 12:40 requires 72 hours or three full days as the time the body of Jesus must remain in the tomb. If Christ were to have died on Friday, and have been resurrected on Sunday morning, that leaves too little time.
Some who teach this view insist that the Triumphal Entry did not take place on Sunday (what we call Palm Sunday) but on Saturday. It seems unlikely that Jesus and His followers would parade into Jerusalem on the Sabbath! Furthermore, since Jesus cleansed the Temple on the same day as His Triumphal Entry, this could hardly have taken place on the Sabbath, for the money-changers would not be doing business in the Temple on the Sabbath!
Some who teach a Wednesday Crucifixion lay great stress upon the event described in Matthew 28:1, teaching that the time Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to visit the tomb of Jesus was in the evening. But the meaning of the underlying Greek text speaks of them venturing forth just before dawn, not at dusk, so this visit corresponds with the visit of the women mentioned in the other Gospels.
Rather, on Wednesday evening, Jesus and the disciples go to Jerusalem where the “Last Supper” was eaten.