Luke 22:19-20

§§ 126, 128. THE INSTITUTION OF THE LORD’S SUPPER, Luke 22:19-20 .

See notes on Matthew 26:26; Mark 14:22.

20. This cup is the new testament The Greek word for testament should be rendered covenant. And the fruit of the vine is the symbol of the new covenant; that is, the covenant of the new dispensation, in the place of the covenant of Moses. A covenant is a compact by which two parties stipulate mutual things. Covenants were anciently made and ratified by or in the blood of a victim sacrificed by the parties. The old covenant in blood, made by God through Moses, is found in Exodus 24:3-8. The blood by which that covenant was sanctioned was the blood of slain beasts. But this is the covenant ratified by or in the blood of the Lamb of God.

Shed for you The emblem of the death of the Lord’s body substituted in the place of the death of your soul.