1 Corinthians 11:23-26, Luke 22:7-23 ESV

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 11:23

Verse 23 Hitherto he has been exposing the abuse; (667) now he proceeds to show what is the proper method of rectifying it. For the institution of Christ is a sure rule, so that if you turn aside from it but a very little, you are out of the right course. Hence, as the Corinthians had deviated from this rule, he calls them back to it. It is a passage that ought to be carefully observed, as showing that there is no remedy for correcting and purging out abuses, short of a return to God’s pure... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 11:24

Verse 24 24.Having given thanks. Paul observes elsewhere, that every gift that we receive from the hand of God is sanctified to us by the word and prayer. (1 Timothy 4:5.) Accordingly, we nowhere read that the Lord tasted bread along with his disciples, but there is mention made of his giving thanks, (John 6:23,) by which example he has assuredly instructed us to do the like. This giving of thanks, however, has a reference to something higher, for Christ gives thanks to the Father for his... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 11:25

Verse 25 25.The cup, when he had supped The Apostle seems to intimate, that there was some interval of time between the distribution of the bread and that of the cup, and it does not quite appear from the Evangelists whether the whole of the transaction was continuous. (694) This, however, is of no great moment, for it may be that the Lord delivered in the meantime some address, after distributing the bread, and before giving the cup. As, however, he did or said nothing that was not in harmony... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 11:26

Verse 26 26.For as often as ye shall eat. Paul now adds what kind of remembrance ought to be cherished — that is, with thanksgiving; not that the remembrance consists wholly in confession with the mouth; for the chief thing is, that the efficacy of Christ’s death be sealed in our consciences; but this knowledge should stir us up to a confession in respect of praise, so as to declare before men what we feel inwardly before God. The Supper then is (so to speak) a kind of memorial, which must... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 11:17-34

Discreditable irregularities at the Eucharist and the agapae. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 11:17-34

Special consideration of the Lord's Supper; uses of self judgment. And what is St. Paul's mood of mind now? "I declare unto you" (command you), and I praise you not, since I hear of "divisions" among you, and "I partly believe it." "Heresies [sects] must be among you," for in the present state of our nature there is no way to develop the good without the evil manifesting itself. The evil has its uses; the evil is not a cause but an occasion of good; the evil is overruled by the Holy... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 11:23

I have received; rather, I received. He thus refers the revelation to some special time, and this seems to point to the conclusion that he is not referring to any account of the institution of the Lord's Supper, which may have been given him by St. Peter or one of the twelve, but to some immediate revelation from Christ. The terms in which he describes the institution of the Eucharist resemble most nearly those of St. Luke, who may very probably have derived his information from St. Paul.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 11:23

St. Paul's claim to direct revelation "For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you." "The whole structure of the passage seems to imply that what follows had been received by St. Paul directly from Christ, and that he is not appealing to a well known tradition." "The method of communication (whether in a trance, or state of ecstasy, or any other supernatural manner) does not appear to cause either doubt or difficulty to those to whom the apostle conveyed the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 11:23-26

The sacred feast. Paul's description is singularly beautiful. His information apparently came directly from Christ ( Galatians 1:12 ). Additional importance attaches to the observance of the Lord's Supper, since an express revelation was made to the great apostle of the Gentiles. The supper was for the Gentile worm as well as the Jewish. Its institution was associated with the preaching of the gospel throughout the world. I. ITS INSTITUTION . By the Lord Jesus ( 1 Corinthians... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 11:23-26

"The Lord's Supper." St. Paul had not been an eyewitness of the sacred incident that he here relates. Nor had he gained his knowledge of it by the report of others. He had "received it of the Lord." At what time and in what way this took place we know not, We may, perhaps, best attribute it to that remarkable transition period immediately after his conversion, the "three years" that he spent in Arabia and Damascus before he went up to Jerusalem and began his apostolic ministry ( Galatians... read more

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 11:23

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 11:24

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 11:25

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 11:26

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 11:17-34

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 11:17-34

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 11:23

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 11:23

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 11:23-26

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 11:23-26

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