23And he took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them: and they all drank of it.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it;
And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake it, and gave to them, and said, Take, eat: this is my body.
The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?
He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks.
And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take this, and divide it among yourselves:
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 12-31)In these verses we have, I. Christ’s eating the passover with his disciples, the night before he died, with the joys and comforts of which ordinance he prepared himself for his approaching sorrows, the full prospect of which did not indispose him for that solemnity. Note, No apprehension of trouble, come or coming, should put us by, or put us out of frame for, our attendance on holy ordinances, as…
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