Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
One bread (eiv artov). One loaf.
Who are many (oi polloi). The many.
We all (oi pantev). We the all, the whole number, oi pantev being in apposition with the subject
we (hmeiv unexpressed).
Partake (metexomen). Have a part with or in, share in. See on I Corinthians 9:12; Hebrews 2:14; Hebrews 5:13 (partaking of milk).
Of the one bread (tou enov artou). Of the one loaf, the article tou referring to one loaf already mentioned.
One body (en swma). Here the mystical spiritual body of Christ as in I Corinthians 12:12 f., the spiritual kingdom or church of which Christ is head (Colossians 1:18; Ephesians 5:23).
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing 1 Corinthians 10:17:
2 Corinthians 6:16
Hebrews 9:9
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