Matthew 26:26-29 BSB

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 26:27

Verse 27 Matthew 26:27.Drink you all of it. As it was the design of Christ to keep our faith wholly fixed on himself, that we may not seek any thing apart from him, he employed two symbols to show that our life is shut up in him. This body needs to be nourished and supported by meat and drink. Christ, in order to show that he alone is able to discharge perfectly all that is necessary for salvation, says that he supplies the place of meat and drink; by which he gives an astonishing display of... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 26:29

Verse 29 29.But I tell you. This sentence is put by Matthew and Mark immediately after the Holy Supper, when Christ had given the symbol of his blood in the cup; from which some infer that Luke relates here the same thing which we shall find him repeating shortly afterwards. But this difficulty is easily obviated, because it is of little importance in itself at what precise moment Christ said this. All that the Evangelists intend to state by it is, that the disciples were warned both of their... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 26:14-50

Judas. By piecing together what the various Gospels tell us about Judas, we can see the process by which our Lord separated him from the rest. 1 . Our Lord indicated that among the disciples there was a traitor. Unable to detect the conscious look of guilt in the face of any of his companions, each, conscious of the deep, unfathomed capacity for evil in his own heart, can but frankly ask the Master, "Lord, is it I?" But there was one of them who did not join in the question. 2 .... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 26:17-30

The last Supper. I. THE PREPARATION . 1 . The question of the disciples. It was now the first day of Unleavened Bread, "when the Passover must be killed"; apparently, therefore, the fourteenth of Nisan, which seems to have been sometimes regarded as the beginning of the feast (see Josephus, 'War of the Jews,' Matthew 5:3 . 1), though the fifteenth was legally the first day. It is possible, therefore, that the disciples may have come to our Lord at the beginning of the fourteenth,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 26:17-30

The Lord's Supper. The institution of the Holy Supper was in connection with the eating of the Passover. The occasion was most appropriate and significant; for the Jewish feast had been instituted to foreshadow what the Christian festival was founded to commemorate (see 1 Corinthians 5:6-8 ). The two sacraments of Christianity express all that was expressed in the entire circle of the ceremonial law, and more. All the washings are embodied in the sacrament of baptism; all the sacrifices... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 26:26

As they were eating. Before the supper was quite ended, and before the third cup of wine (see on Matthew 26:21 ) was drunk. Jesus took bread ( το Ì ν ἀ ì ρτον , the bread, according to the Received Text). The special unleavened cake prepared for the Paschal meal. The four accounts agree in this detail, and seem to indicate a formal action or elevation, like the wave offering in the old Law. We see here the "High Priest after the order of Melchizedek" bringing forth bread... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 26:26-29

The institution of the Lord ' s Supper. ( Mark 14:22-25 ; Luke 22:15-20 ; 1 Corinthians 11:23-25 .) The endless controversies which have gathered round the Holy Eucharist, for opposite views of the meaning and purpose of which men have fearlessly met death, render it a difficult matter to expound the text succinctly and yet with due regard to clearness and precision. If I do not expatiate upon the diverse opinions which have been held on this momentous subject, it is not because I... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 26:26-29

The Lord's Supper. We must never forget that this central ordinance of our Christian worship was instituted by our Lord himself. It is an indication of his foresight and forbearance; for it shows first that he saw we should need to be repeatedly reminded of what he is to us, and then that he condescended to help the infirmity of our wandering natures by providing the most impressive means for continually presenting the great central facts of his work before our minds and hearts. He enlists... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 26:27

He took the cup . Many good manuscripts have "a cup," and some modern editors omit the article; but this cup was the only one on the table at the time; so the reading matters not. This was probably the third cup at the close of the Paschal meal (see on Matthew 26:21 ). The wine of the country is what we call a red wine (compare "the blood of grapes," Genesis 49:11 ); it was mixed with a little water when used at the table. This third cup was termed "the cup of blessing" (cf. 1... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 26:28

For . Yes, drink ye all hereof, for it is unspeakably precious. This ( τοῦτο , as before, Matthew 26:26 ) is my blood. This which I here give you. The blood separated from the body represents Christ's death by violence; it was also the sign of the ratification of a covenant. Of the new testament ; διαθη ì κης : covenant. The adjective"new" is omitted by some good manuscripts and modern editors, but it gives the sense intended. The Vulgate has, novi testamenti. The... read more

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 26:27

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 26:29

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 26:14-50

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 26:17-30

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 26:17-30

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 26:26

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 26:26-29

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 26:26-29

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 26:27

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 26:28

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