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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; for this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. Go into any Romish church,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Jesus took bread, and blessed it, — Or, as the marginal reading says, “gave thanks for it,” — Mat_26:26. And brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. That is to say, “This represents my body.” Our Lord could not possibly have meant that the bread was his body, for there was his body sitting whole and entire at...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said. Take, eat; this is my body. The Romanists do not even break the bread. They have a wafer so as to avoid anything like an imitation of the example set by our blessed Lord and Master. He took a piece of the bread which was provided for the paschal feast, — the ordinary unleavened bread, and he...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And as they were eating, — As they were eating the Passover. The one ordinance gradually melted into the other: “As they were eating,” —
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; “Each one of you, my disciples, take a draught of this cup.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And as they were eating, In the middle of the Paschal Feast our Lord instituted the sacred festival which was ever afterwards to be known as “the Lord’s supper.” The one ordinance was made to melt gradually into the other: “as they were eating.” Mat_26:26. Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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 (w): "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...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; That is,” Drink of it, every one of you.” Was this the institution of the Lord’s supper? Yes; but what say the Romanists? Why, that the people may not drink of the cup, and so they keep it away from them; but our Saviour says to this representative company of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; “Every one of you, take your own personal share.” This also the Papists have perverted by denying the cup to the laity.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; “Every one of you.” Was this the Lord’s supper? Yes. What say the Romanists about it? Why, that the people may not drink the cup! Yet our Saviour says to his disciples, “Drink ye all of it.”
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For this is my blood of the New Testament,.... That is, the red wine in the cup, was an emblem and representation of his precious blood, whereby was exhibited a new dispensation, or administration of the covenant of grace; and by which it was ratified and confirmed; and whereby all the blessings of it, such as peace, pardon, righteousness, and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. But I say unto you. I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom. “In that joy-day, that day of days, when the battle will have been fought, and the victory won for ever, then...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom. And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the Mount of Olives. It was a social feast, somewhat funereal,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. They had had gross sin brought prominently to their minds; they had had a personal reminder of their own liability to sin; and now they were to have a personal pledge concerning the pardon of sin: “For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. They had had sin brought to their minds; they had had a personal reminder of their own liability to sin; now they were to have a perpetual pledge of the pardon of sin, in the cup, which was the emblem of Christ’s blood, “shed for many for the remission of...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth,.... From whence it seems natural to conclude, that Christ had drank of the cup in the supper, as well as at the passover; and it is reasonable to believe, that he also ate of the bread; since it appears from what has been observed before, [See comments on Matthew 26:26], that none might eat, till he...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom. Thus Jesus took the great Nazarite vow never to drink of the fruit of the vine till he should drink it new with his disciples in his Father’s kingdom. He will keep his tryst with all his followers, and they...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Fathers kingdom. And when they had sung a hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives. Was it not brave of our dear Lord to join in singing a hymn at such a time as that, and under such circumstances? He knew that he was...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom. Taking, as it were, the great Nazarite vow never to taste of the fruit of the vine “until that day.” He will keep his tryst with us, my brethren; and we shall drink the new vine of his Father’s kingdom with...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of the fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom. Jesus took the Nazarite vow to drink no more, to partake no more of the fruit of the vine, till he should meet us again in his Father’s kingdom. He has pledged us once for all in that cup, and now he...