And he sent forth two of his disciples, and said unto them,
Go into the city, and there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water: follow him.
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Cornelius a Lapide
AD 1637
There shall meet you. "Observe the majesty of His Divinity," says S. Ambrose (in Luke 22:8). "He is speaking with His disciples, and yet He knows what is about to happen elsewhere."
Nor will it be incongruous to interpret figuratively the fact that, when the Lord was about to celebrate the last Passover, he told the disciples who were sent to make preparation that they would meet a man bearing water. He thus points out the place for celebrating the Passover by the sign of water.
That, when the Lord was about to celebrate the last Passover, He said to the disciples who were sent to make preparation, "Ye will meet a man bearing water."