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24 The Son of Man indeed goes just aas it is written of Him, but bwoe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! cIt would have been good for that man if he had not been born.”  
25 Then Judas, who was betraying Him, answered and said, “Rabbi, is it I?” He said to him, “You have said it.”

Jesus Institutes the Lord’s Supper

26 aAnd as they were eating, bJesus took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to the disciples and said, “Take, eat; cthis is My body.”  
27 Then He took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, a“Drink from it, all of you.  
28 For athis is My blood bof the new covenant, which is shed cfor many for the remission of sins.  
29 But aI say to you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on buntil that day when I drink it new with you in My Father’s kingdom.”  
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Matthew 26:26

And blessed and brake it (euloghsav eklasen). Special "Grace" in the middle of the passover meal, "as they were eating," for the institution of the Supper. Jesus broke one of the passover wafers or cakes that each might have a piece, not as a symbol of the breaking of his body as the Textus Receptus has it in I Corinthians 11:24. The correct text there has only to uper umwn without klwmenon. As a matter of fact the body of Jesus was not "broken" (John 19:33) as John expressly states.

This is my body (touto estin to swma mou). The bread as a symbol represents the body of Jesus offered for us, "a beautifully simple, pathetic, and poetic symbol of his death" (Bruce). But some have made it "run into fetish worship" (Bruce). Jesus, of course, does not mean that the bread actually becomes his body and is to be worshipped. The purpose of the memorial is to remind us of his death for our sins.




Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Matthew 26:26:

Mark 14:23
John 6:35

 

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