VER. 7— 13. ST. LUKE. 701 Apostlesays,Christour Passoverissacrificedfor us. Which 1 Cor. Passoverin truth must needs have been slainthere,as itwas ' soordainedby the Father'scounseland determination.And thus althoughon the next day, thatis,the fifteenth,He was crucified,yet,on thisnight on which the lamb was slainby the Jews, being seizedand bound, He consecratedthe be ginning of His sacrifice,thatis,of His Passion. THEOPHYL. By the day of unleavened bread,"we must un derstandthat conversationwhich iswhollyin the lightof'the Spirit,having lostalltraceof the old corruptionof Adam's firsttransgression.And livingin thisconversation,it be comes us to rejoicein the mysteriesof Christ. Now these mysteries Peter and John prepare,that is,actionand con templation,fervidzeal and peacefulmeekness. And these preparersa certainman meets,because in what we have just mentioned, liesthe conditionof man who was createdafter the image of God. And he carriesa pitcherof water,which signifiesthe grace of the Holy Spirit. But the pitcheris humbleness of heart; for He giveth grace to the humble, who know themselvesto be but earth and dust. AMBROSE. Or the pitcheris a more perfectmeasure,but the water is that which was thought meet to be a sacrament of Christ; to wash, not to be washed. BEDE. They prepare the Passoverin that house, whither the pitcher of water is carried,for the time is at hand in which to the keepersof the true Passover,the typicalblood is taken away from the lintel,and the baptism of the lifegiv- ing fountainisconsecratedto take away sin. ORIGEN. But Orig. I think thatthe man who meets the disciplesas they enter1^ ig'' into the city,carryinga pitcherof water,was some servant of a master of a house,carryingwater in an earthenvessel either for washing or for drinking. And this I think is Moses conveying the spiritualdoctrinein fleshlyhistories. But they who followhim not,do not celebratethe Passover with Jesus. Let us then ascend with the Lord unitedto us, to the upper part in which is the guestchamber, which is shewn by the understanding,that is,the goodman of the house, to everyone ofthe disciplesof Christ. But thisupper room of our house must be large enough to receiveJesus the Word of God, who is not comprehended but by those