1 Corinthians 10:16

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 10:16-17

Communion. This passage and another in the following chapter would in themselves suffice to prove the antiquity of the Lord's Supper. And as this Epistle is of undisputed genuineness, it may be taken as established that the Eucharist has been observed in an unbroken chain from its institution by the Founder of Christianity down to our own days. Important light is cast by these two verses upon the spiritual and social significance of the Supper of the Lord. I. THE HOLY COMMUNION ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 10:16-22

The Christian feast. "The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ?" etc. The text undoubtedly refers to the feast which Christ instituted the night on which he was betrayed, and the words lead us to look at that feast in two aspects. I. AS A MEDIUM FOR SPIRITUAL COMMUNION . "The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?" The... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 10:16

The cup of blessing which we bless - The design of this verse and the following verses seems to be, to prove that Christians, by partaking of the Lord’s Supper, are solemnly set apart to the service of the Lord Jesus; that they acknowledge Him as their Lord, and dedicate themselves to him, and that as they could not and ought not to be devoted to idols and to the Lord Jesus at the same time, so they ought not to participate in the feasts in honor of idols, or in the celebrations in which... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Corinthians 10:16-17

1 Corinthians 10:16-17. The cup of blessing In the Lord’s supper, the sacramental cup; which we bless Set apart to a sacred use, solemnly invoking the blessing of God upon it. Dr. Macknight renders the original expression, ο ευλογουμεν , for which we bless God, a sense which he thinks is sanctioned by 1 Corinthians 11:24, “where this blessing is interpreted by the giving of thanks. And he considers it as denoting the whole communicants’ joining together in blessing God over the cup,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 10:14-22

Avoid idol feasts (10:14-22)In view of the dangers of idolatry, there is only one wise course to take in relation to idolatrous feasts, and that is to have nothing to do with them (14-15). Those who receive bread and wine in the Lord’s Supper are united with Christ in one body and spiritually share in him (16-17). Likewise in the Israelite sacrificial system those who eat the food of the sacrifices are united with the altar on which the sacrifices are offered (18). Christians cannot say,... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Corinthians 10:16

cup, &c . Four cups, one called the cup of blessing, were used at the Paschal Supper. which we bless . Compare Matthew 26:27 (gave thanks). communion . Same as fellowship (1 Corinthians 1:9 ). Figure of speech Metaphor ( App-6 ), and in the following verses. Christ = the Christ. App-98 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 10:16

The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not a communion of the body of Christ? seeing that we who are many are one bread, one body: for we all partake of the one bread.The cup of blessing ... This was one of the four cups which marked participation in the Jewish Passover (see my Commentary on Luke, pp. 467-468), being the final one, over which the patriarch pronounced a blessing at the end of the Passover. "It is here... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Corinthians 10:16

1 Corinthians 10:16. The cup of blessing, &c.— The Jews used to conclude the feast whereon the paschal lamb was eaten, with a cup of wine. This they called the cup of blessing, and the cup of praising, because at the time of drinking it, they sung a hymn of praise. We should likewise recollect, that in the early ages of the world, when victims made so great a part of the religion, not only of the Jews, but even of the Gentiles, the sacrifice was followed by a religious feasting on the thing... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 10:16

16. The cup of blessing—answering to the Jewish "cup of blessing," over which thanks were offered in the Passover. It was in doing so that Christ instituted this part of the Lord's Supper (Matthew 26:27; Luke 22:17; Luke 22:20). we bless—"we," not merely ministers, but also the congregation. The minister "blesses" (that is, consecrates with blessing) the cup, not by any priestly transmitted authority of his own, but as representative of the congregation, who virtually through him bless the cup.... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 10:1-22

3. The sinfulness of idolatry 10:1-22Paul continued dealing with the subject of going to idol temples to participate in pagan feasts in this section. In it he gave a warning to the believer who considered himself strong, the one who knew there were really no gods but the true God. Such a person felt free to accept the invitation of a pagan neighbor to dine in a pagan temple (1 Corinthians 8:10). The apostle cautioned this element in the Corinthian church because, even though there are no other... read more

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