Note 1 at Lk. 22:15: This repetition of the word "desire" by our Lord was, no doubt, to emphasize His longing to share this passover meal with His disciples. He was less than 24 hours away from fulfilling His mission and, as anyone who can see the finish line, Jesus must have had feelings of relief and excitement.

Jesus also took this opportunity to communicate many of His most profound truths in an intimate way to His disciples (esp. Jn. 14-17), which also must have been part of this desire that He spoke of. He used this passover meal to illustrate in a very graphic way, His purpose for becoming a man.

Note 2 at Lk. 22:15: Some people have argued that this was not the passover meal because it was not the 14th but the 13th day of the first month (i.e. Abib or Nisan [Ex. 12:18; 13:4; Est. 3:7]). However, this scripture, along with Luke 22:13, makes it very clear that Jesus did eat the passover meal with His disciples. He simply partook of the passover one day early because at the time the actual passover meal was eaten, Jesus had become our passover lamb (1 Cor. 5:7).