John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 26:27
And he took the cup and gave thanks ,.... For the Jews blessed, or gave thanks for their wine, as well as for their food, and generally did it in this form F23 Haggadah Shel Pesach. fol. 241. 1. : "Blessed art thou, O Lord, our God, the king of the world, who hast created the "fruit of the vine". Hence the phrase, "the fruit of the vine", in Matthew 26:29 , not that we are to suppose, that Christ used or confined himself to this form of words: and it is to be observed, that they... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Matthew 26:26-30
We have here the institution of the great gospel ordinance of the Lord's supper, which was received of the Lord. Observe, I. The time when it was instituted?as they were eating. At the latter end of the passover-supper, before the table was drawn, because, as a feast upon a sacrifice, it was to come in the room of that ordinance. Christ is to us the Passover-sacrifice by which atonement is made (1 Cor. 5:7); Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us. This ordinance is to us the passover-supper,... read more