Luke 22:15

“And he said unto them, etc.] The twelve apostles, as they were eating the passover, it being usual to talk and converse much at such a time; (see Gill on “<402621>Matthew 26:21”). With desire have I desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer; not for the sake of eating; for though he was traduced as a glutton, and did often eat and drink in a free and familiar way, both at the tables of Pharisees, and of publicans and sinners; yet he was not a man given to appetite; witness his fast of forty days and forty nights, and his great negligence of himself, which sometimes obliged his disciples to pray him to eat; (see <430431>John 4:31,34). Indeed, according to the Jewish canons, it was…”

“With desire . . . desired--"earnestly have I longed" (as Gen 31:30, "sore longedst"). Why? It was to be His last "before He suffered"--and so became "Christ our Passover sacrificed for us" (Co1 5:7), when it was "fulfilled in the Kingdom of God," the typical ordinance thenceforth disappearing.”

“With desire I have desired - This is a Hebrew form of expression, and means “I have greatly desired.” The reasons why he desired this we may suppose to have been: That, as he was about to leave them, he was desirous once of seeing them together, and of partaking with them of one of the religious privileges of the Jewish dispensation. Jesus was “man” as well as God, and he never undervalued the religious rites of his country, or the blessings of social and religious contact; and there is no impropriety in supposing that even he might feel that his human nature might be prepared by the service of religion for his great and terrible sufferings. He doubtless wished to take an opportunity to…”

“With desire have I desired - That is, I have earnestly desired it. He desired it, both for the sake of his disciples, to whom he desired to manifest himself farther, at this solemn parting: and for the sake of his whole Church, that he might institute the grand memorial of his death. Luke 22:16”

“22:15 Jesus ate the Passover meal with his disciples and followed the ritual order of the Passover celebration (see study note on Matt 26:26-29).”

“With desire I have desired: or, I have heartily desired, Luk 12:50; Joh 4:34, Joh 13:1, Joh 17:1 Luke 22:16”