Mark 14:15
And he ( κα αυτος ). Emphatic, and he himself.A large upper room ( αναγαιον μεγα ). Anything above ground ( γη ), and particularly upstairs as here. Here and in Lu 22:12. Example in Xenophon. Jesus wishes to observe this last feast with his disciples alone, not with others as was often done. Evidently this friend of Jesus was a man who would understand.
Furnished ( εστρωμενον ). Perfect passive participle of στρωννυμ, state of readiness. "Strewed with carpets, and with couches properly spread" (Vincent).
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