He said, “Go into the city to a certain person, and tell him, ‘The Teacher says, “My time is at hand. I will keep the Passover at your house with my disciples.”’”
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 18. To a certain man, whom SS. Mark and Luke call, the good man of the house, or master of the house. When S. Mat. therefore says, a certain man, he seems to do it for brevity’s sake; as no one ever speaks to his servants thus, go to a certain man. The evangelist, therefore, after giving our Saviour’s words, go ye into a certain city, he adds as from himself, to a certain man, to inform us that there was a particular man to whom Jesus sent his disciples. Saint Augustine.—In Greek, τον δεινα; in Hebrew, Peloni; words that express a person whose name is either not known, or is wished to be kept secret. Jans.